Definition of Platalea leucorodia. Meaning of Platalea leucorodia. Synonyms of Platalea leucorodia

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Definition of Platalea leucorodia

Platalea leucorodia
Spoonbill Spoon"bill`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip. Note: The roseate spoonbill of America (Ajaja ajaja), and the European spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) are the best known. The royal spoonbill (P. regia) of Australia is white, with the skin in front of the eyes naked and black. The male in the breeding season has a fine crest. (b) The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2. (c) The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy. (d) The paddlefish.

Meaning of Platalea leucorodia from wikipedia

- The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, native to Europe...
- bill. The type species was designated as the Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) by George Robert Gray in 1840. They have traditionally been thought...
- Genus Platalea Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia Black-faced spoonbill, Platalea minor African spoonbill, Platalea alba Royal spoonbill, Platalea regia...
- The African spoonbill (Platalea alba) is a long-legged wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The species is widespread across...
- ibis, Phimosus infuscatus (A) Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia (A) Order: Cathartiformes   Family: Cathartidae...
- royal spoonbill in 1838, naming it Platalea regia and noting its similarity to the Eurasian spoonbill (P. leucorodia). A 2010 study of mitochondrial DNA...
- ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), African spoonbill (Platalea alba), white-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)...
- (Egretta alba), little egret (Egretta garzetta), Eurasian spoonbill(Platalea leucorodia), great white pelican (Pelec**** onocrotalus), Dalmatian pelican...
- birds (e.g. the whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus, the white spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, the whooping crane, Grus americana, and the helmeted cur****ow, Pauxi...
- Nipponia nippon (reintroduced) Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia Black-faced spoonbill, Platalea minor Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae...