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Roseate Spoonbill Roseate Spoonbill having a meal. Platalea ajaja,Roseate Spoonbill Click/tap to enlarge

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill having a meal.

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The Roseate Spoonbill, "Platalea ajaja", is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in South America mostly east of the Andes, and in coastal regions of the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and the Gulf Coast of the United States.

Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Species identified by Emilia
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By Emilia

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Uploaded Apr 27, 2014. Captured Apr 14, 2014 12:58.
  • NEX-7
  • f/5.6
  • 1/100s
  • ISO640
  • 55mm