Ibises, Spoonbills

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

The Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) is a 1.5 kg wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Ibises, Spoonbills

Order

Pelecaniformes

Weight

1.5 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

27

Recorded in United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Belize, Ecuador, Cuba, Uruguay, Venezuela, Peru, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada, AW, Dominican Rep., Bahamas, GF, Chile, Suriname, Guyana.

Where to see it: Aruba Salina (Aruba); PN Cienaga de Zapata · Las Salinas (Cuba); Salina Malmok (Aruba); Pointe des Roches / Plages des Roches (French Guiana); Refugio mixto Caño Negro (Costa Rica).

Photo: (c) Tom Kennedy, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist