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Roseate Spoonbill

Birds

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.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Platalea ajaja 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Threskiornithidae, Taxa
Source Roseate Spoonbill (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Antigua and Barbuda, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bahamas, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Barbados, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belize, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bolivia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Chile, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Costa Rica, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Cuba, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Dominica, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Dominican Republic, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ecuador, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: El Salvador, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Grenada, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Guatemala, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Guyana, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Haiti, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Honduras, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Jamaica, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Nicaragua, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Panama, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Paraguay, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Peru, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Saint Kitts and Nevis, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Saint Lucia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Suriname, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Trinidad and Tobago, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Uruguay, found in there.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
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 parameter
Quote, Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
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