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Roseate Spoonbill and others This Costa Rican river is crowded with beautiful birds. Aves,Birds,Costa Rica,Roseate Spoonbill,Spoonbill Click/tap to enlarge

Roseate Spoonbill and others

This Costa Rican river is crowded with beautiful birds.

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  1. I saw that it was a spoonbird, we have them here to in the Netherlands. Beautiful! Posted 14 years ago
    1. Thank you :) Posted 14 years ago
  2. wonderful! Posted 14 years ago

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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 DragonC
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jun 19, 2011. Captured Jun 19, 2011 12:14.
  • DSLR-A100
  • f/5.6
  • 1/500s
  • ISO100
  • 300mm