Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Lepelaar
Common Names in English:
Eurasian Spoonbill, European Spoonbill, Spoonbill, White Spoonbill
Common Names in French:
Spatule Blanche
Common Names in German:
Löffler
Common Names in Hebrew:
כפן
Common Names in Italian:
Spatola
Common Names in Japanese:
ヘラサギ
Common Names in Russian:
Колпица, Колпица обыкновенная, Обыкновенная колпица, Kolpitsa
Common Names in Spanish:
Espátula, Espátula Común
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 36 meters (117 feet).Standard Deviation = 271.650 based on 1,127 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Suborder:
Ciconii
()
-
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
()
- Superfamily:
Threskiornithoidea
()
- Richmond, 1917
- Family:
Threskiornithidae
()
- Richmond, 1917
- Genus:
Platalea
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
leucorodia
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Scientific name: - Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
leucorodia
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus:
Platalea
(
- Family:
Threskiornithidae
(
- Superfamily:
Threskiornithoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Platalea
There are approximately 15 species in this genus:
P. ajaja · P. alba (African Spoonbill) · P. flavipes · P. intermedia · P. leucorodia · P. leucorodia archeri · P. leucorodia balsaci · P. leucorodia leucorodia · P. leucorodia major · P. leucorodia regia · P. leucorodia ssp · P. major · P. minor (Black-Faced Spoonbill) · P. regia (Royal Spoonbill) · P. tenuirostris
Bibliography
- Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
More Info
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 06, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851834
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174934
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13810884
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174933
- IUCN ID: 49636
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152979
