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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性	African Spoonbill	Roseate Spoonbill
学名	Platalea alba	Platalea ajaja
目	Pelecaniformes	Pelecaniformes
科	Threskiornithidae	Threskiornithidae
保全状況	Least Concern	Least Concern
体長	—	81.0 cm (31.9 in)
翼開長	76.8 cm (30.2 in)	127.0 cm (50.0 in)
体重	1460.0 g (51.50 oz)	1500.0 g (52.91 oz)
食性	--	Small fish, crustaceans, aquatic insects, and plant material filtered from shallow water by sweeping the …
一腹卵数	2-3	1-7
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

African Spoonbill —

Roseate Spoonbill 81.0 cm

翼開長

African Spoonbill 76.8 cm

Roseate Spoonbill 127.0 cm

体重

African Spoonbill 1460.0 g

Roseate Spoonbill 1500.0 g

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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

🌿 Wetland 🏖️ Coastal

African Spoonbill only

None

Roseate Spoonbill only

🌲 Forest

Roseate Spoonbill

Shallow coastal lagoons, estuaries, mangroves, and freshwater marshes. Nests in colonies in trees and shrubs.

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Song & Call Comparison

African Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

さえずり

Low, grunting and guttural croaking sounds at nesting colonies. Generally quiet. Alarm calls are softer croaks. Vocalizations lack melodic quality; purely functional colony sounds.

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Geographic Range & Migration

African Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Southeastern United States, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America to Argentina.

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保全状況

Least Concern

African Spoonbill

Least Concern

Roseate Spoonbill

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How to Tell Them Apart

African Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

羽毛

Vivid pink body plumage with darker carmine on the wings. Bare greenish-grey head. White neck and back. Intensity of pink depends on diet.

くちばし

Long, flat, spatulate greyish bill used for sweeping through shallow water

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About These Birds

African Spoonbill

The African Spoonbill is a large wading bird of the Threskiornithidae family, with an impressive wingspan of about 77 cm and a weight of around 1,460 g. It sweeps its distinctive spatula-shaped bill side to side through shallow water to filter out fish, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates.

Roseate Spoonbill

The roseate spoonbill is the only spoonbill species in the Americas and one of the most striking wading birds in the Western Hemisphere. Like flamingos, their pink color comes from carotenoid pigments in their crustacean prey. Nearly hunted to extinction for their plumes in the 19th century, they have recovered substantially.

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