ROYAL SPOONBILL

Photographed at Miranda, June 2017

(*   69)              ROYAL SPOONBILL                 Platalea regia 

NEW ZEALAND              43

Found on tidal mudflats, occasionally on margins of freshwater lakes. 77 cm. Distribution along the coasts of both islands, main breeding colonies at Parengarenga Harbour, Kapiti Island, Okarito, Vernon Lagoons, and islands off Otago and Southland coasts.

EURASIAN SPOONBILL

March 2017

1119            EURASIAN SPOONBILL            Platalea leucorodia

SRI LANKA          147

Found in lagoons, marshes and large tanks. 80-90 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in dry lowlands.

AFRICAN SPOONBILL

364          AFRICAN SPOONBILL           Platalea alba

South Africa        (57)

Widespread across Africa and Madagascar. Lives in marshy wetlands with some open shallow water.

ROYAL SPOONBILL

69        ROYAL SPOONBILL        Platalea regia

Australia     (69)

74-80 cms. Frequents shallow waters in dams, wetlands, sewage ponds, irrigation storage and mangroves. All of Australia except se two-thirds of WA, western half of SA and sw of NT.