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Roseate Spoonbill I found this bird at the Alligator farm in Florida Platalea ajaja,Roseate Spoonbill Click/tap to enlarge

Roseate Spoonbill

I found this bird at the Alligator farm in Florida

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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 shirleyjrobinson
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By shirleyjrobinson

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Uploaded Feb 15, 2015. Captured Feb 1, 2015 10:41.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T5
  • f/8.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO640
  • 300mm