Spot-breasted Ibis vs Roseate Spoonbill

Bostrychia rara 对比 Platalea ajaja

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Spot-breasted Ibis Roseate Spoonbill
学名 Bostrychia rara Platalea ajaja
Pelecaniformes Pelecaniformes
Threskiornithidae Threskiornithidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长 81.0 cm (31.9 in)
翼展 52.2 cm (20.6 in) 127.0 cm (50.0 in)
体重 866.0 g (30.55 oz) 1500.0 g (52.91 oz)
食性 -- Small fish, crustaceans, aquatic insects, and plant material filtered from shallow water by sweeping the …
产卵数 2 1-7
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Spot-breasted Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill 81.0 cm
翼展
Spot-breasted Ibis 52.2 cm
Roseate Spoonbill 127.0 cm
体重
Spot-breasted Ibis 866.0 g
Roseate Spoonbill 1500.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Spot-breasted Ibis only

Roseate Spoonbill only

Roseate Spoonbill

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

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Song & Call Comparison

Spot-breasted Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

鸣唱

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

Spot-breasted Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

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

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保护状况

Least Concern

Spot-breasted Ibis

Least Concern

Roseate Spoonbill

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How to Tell Them Apart

Spot-breasted Ibis

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.

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

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About These Birds

Spot-breasted Ibis

47–53 cm. Brown with white-spotted breast; bare red-orange facial skin. Resident in lowland rainforest of West and Central Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda. Secretive forest ibis; feeds on invertebrates and small vertebrates on forest floor. Near Threatened; threatened by deforestation.

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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