The roseate spoonbill is a social wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae, and a resident breeder in both South and North America. Its pink coloring is diet-derived, coming from the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin, the same pigment source used by the American flamingo.
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Classification
System (Realm) System (Realm) System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Roseate Spoonbill (Wikidata)
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
3. Roseate Spoonbill (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q389664 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Threskiornithidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 4. Wikipedia: Roseate Spoonbill
WikipediaSpeciesbox infobox, conservation status parameterQuote, Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
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