The Royal Spoonbill (Four Photos)
These are Royal Spoonbills ((Platalea regia)). They are quite an uncommon bird here in Tasmania although in the last few years their has been some successful breeding of at least one or two pairs. Yesterday I saw four birds at the Tamar Wetlands. None of them have the yellow skin patch above their eye so that suggests they are all juvenile birds. Hopefully we'll see more of them in the future.
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The other two white birds in this last shot are Eastern Great Egrets (Ardea alba modesta). The duck in the foreground in a female Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis).
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very interesting birds! I have not seen yet such
If you are in Israel then I think you get the Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, over there.
maybe they are in zoos or arrive during the winter migration to Lake Hula
Similarly to ours here except the color.
We have another species across on the mainland with a yellow bill but the feathers are white. It's also a much bigger bird.
We have many spoonbills that reside in a shallow water area close to my home. At certain times of the year their feathers will turn pink due to the large quantity of shrimp they consume from their habitat. Do the ones in Tasmania do the same?
That's interesting. I think is shrimp that make Flamingos pink as well.
Ours don't go pink. They do go a bit yellowish around the lower neck in the breeding season.