Platalea

E508655
genus taxon

Platalea is a genus of large, long-legged wading birds known as spoonbills, characterized by their distinctive spatula-shaped bills and found in wetlands worldwide.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Platalea canonical 1
Platalea ajaja 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
clade Aequornithes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neoaves NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pelecanimorphae NERFINISHED ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName spoonbills ⓘ
describedAs large long-legged wading birds ⓘ
diet aquatic invertebrates ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ
insects ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
distribution Africa ⓘ
Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
worldwide ⓘ
eggColor white ⓘ
family Threskiornithidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
feedingBehavior sweeping bill side-to-side in water ⓘ
wading in shallow water ⓘ
firstDescribedBy Carl Linnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat estuaries ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
shallow lakes ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasCharacteristic long legs ⓘ
long neck ⓘ
spatula-shaped bill ⓘ
spoon-shaped bill ⓘ
white plumage in most species ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nestLocation reedbeds ⓘ
trees near water ⓘ
notableSpecies Platalea ajaja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Platalea alba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Platalea flavipes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Platalea leucorodia ⓘ
Platalea minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Platalea regia NERFINISHED ⓘ
order Pelecaniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentTaxon Threskiornithidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction colonial nester ⓘ
subclass Neornithes NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Platalea leucorodia NERFINISHED ⓘ
vernacularName spoonbills ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

roseate spoonbill → genus → Platalea ⓘ
roseate spoonbill → scientificName → Platalea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Platalea ajaja