roseate spoonbill

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The roseate spoonbill is a large wading bird of the Americas known for its striking pink plumage and distinctive spoon-shaped bill, commonly found in coastal marshes and wetlands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
roseate spoonbill canonical 5
Spoonbills 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird species ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ
wading bird ⓘ
activityPattern diurnal ⓘ
averageBodyLength about 71–86 cm ⓘ
averageWingspan about 120–133 cm ⓘ
breedingPlumageFeature brighter pink coloration ⓘ
orange tail and wing coverts ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
clutchSize typically 2–5 eggs ⓘ
commonName roseate spoon-bill ⓘ
roseate spoonbill ⓘ
conservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
describedAs large wading bird ⓘ
diet aquatic insects ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ
mollusks ⓘ
other small aquatic invertebrates ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
eggColor white with brownish spots ⓘ
family Threskiornithidae ⓘ
flightPattern flies with neck outstretched ⓘ
foragingMethod sweeping bill side to side ⓘ
foragingStrategy wading in shallow water ⓘ
foundInHabitat coastal marshes ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ
lagoons ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
shallow wetlands ⓘ
genus Platalea ⓘ
hasBillShape spoon-shaped ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature bare greenish head in adults ⓘ
long legs ⓘ
red eye in adults ⓘ
spatulate bill ⓘ
hasPlumageColor pink ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nativeTo Americas ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
nestingSite shrubs in wetlands ⓘ
trees over water ⓘ
order Pelecaniformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumageColorCause carotenoid pigments from diet ⓘ
rangeCountry United States ⓘ
rangeRegion Caribbean islands ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
South American coasts ⓘ
relatedTo ibises ⓘ
other spoonbills ⓘ
scientificName Platalea ajaja ⓘ
linked to: Platalea
socialBehavior colonial nester ⓘ
often feeds in groups ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat habitat loss ⓘ
historical plume hunting ⓘ
wetland degradation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Everglades → habitatFor → roseate spoonbill ⓘ
Pelecaniformes → includesFamily → Spoonbills ⓘ
linked to: roseate spoonbill
Mosquito Lagoon → hasSpecies → roseate spoonbill ⓘ
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve → hasFauna → roseate spoonbill ⓘ