Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regiaGould, J, 1838
English (US) Royal Spoonbill
The Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: New Guinea, southwestern, northern, and eastern Australia including eastern Tasmania, Solomon Islands, and New Zealand (where self-introduced by 1860s)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Platalea regia
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Royal Spoonbill
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1838
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1838
- Type locality
- east coast of New South Wales.
- Original description
- A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent islands pt4 App. p.7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Black-headed Ibis
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Australian White Ibis
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