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Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill

Platalea [leucorodia or regia] (= Platalea leucorodia) Linnaeus, C 1758




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Threskiornithidae
Genus:
   Platalea
Scientific:
  Platalea leucorodia


Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.139

Protonym:
  Platalea Leucorodia

Type locality:
  Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 57.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/157/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  1D93A0792811E1DA

Avibase ID:
  avibase-1D93A079

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/1D93A079


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174933

Geographic range:

  • Platalea leucorodia leucorodia: southern Palearctic to India; winters to central Africa and southeastern China
  • Platalea leucorodia balsaci: Banc d'Arguin (off coast of Mauritania)
  • Platalea leucorodia archeri: coasts of Red Sea and Somalia
  • Platalea regia: Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
English:
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill
French:
Spatule blanche ou S. royale


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill ( Platalea [leucorodia or regia])
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
Eurasian Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
White Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Platalea leucorodia [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Platalea leucorodia [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Arabic: أبو ملعقة, أبو ملعقة أوروبي, أبو ملعقة بو الخصيف
Asturian: Paletón
Azerbaijani: Əsindimdik
Belarusian: Колпіца
Bulgarian: Бял лопатар, Лопатарка
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় চামচঠুঁটি
Breton: Ar spanell gwenn
Catalan: Bec planer, Bec-pla, Becplaner
Catalan (Balears): Bec planer
Valencian: Bec-pla
Czech: Kolpík bílý
Welsh: Llwybig
Danish: Skestork
German: Löffelreiher, Löffler
Maldivian: Dheyfaiy Dhooni
Greek: (Ευρασιατική) Χουλιαρομύτα, Χουλιαρομύτα
Greek (Cypriot): Κουταλάς
Emiliano-romagnolo: Spatula
English: Eurasian or Royal Spoonbill, Eurasian Spoonbill, European spoonbill, Spoonbill, White Spoonbill
Esperanto: Plataleo
Spanish: Espátula, Espátula Común
Estonian: Luitsnokk-iibis
Basque: Becplaner, Mokozabal zuri, Mokozabala
Finnish: Kapustahaikara
Faroese: Spónnev
French: Spatule blanche, Spatule blanche ou S. royale
Frisian: Leppelbek
Irish: Corr leathadach, Corr Leitheadach, Leitheadach
Gaelic: Gob Cathainn
Galician: Becplaner, Cullereiro
Manx: Gob lhean
Hebrew: אבי הכף , כפן, כפן אירופאי
Croatian: Bijela žličarka, Žlicarka, Žličarka
Hungarian: Kanalasgém
Armenian: [Targalaktuts ], Տարգալակտուց
Icelandic: Flatnefur
Italian: Spatola
Japanese (romaji): herasagi, Hera-sagi, Toki
Japanese: ヘラサギ
Japanese (Kanji): 篦鷺
Georgian: ჟერო
Khakas: Час хыл
Kazakh: Жалбағай
Kazakh (Transliteration): jalbağay
Korean: 노랑부리저어새
Korean (Transliteration): norang-buri-jeoeo-sae
Cornish: Gelvyn lo
Scientific: Platalea [leucorodia or regia], Platalea leucorodia, Platalea leucorodia leucorodia
Luxembourgish: Läffeler
Lithuanian: Girnove, Girnovė
Latvian: Karošknābis, Platknābja gārnis, Platknābja ibiss
Maori: Kotuku-ngutupapa
Macedonian: Лажичарка чапја
Mongolian: Халбаган хушут, Халбаган хушуут, Халбагант, Цагаагчин халбагат
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠯᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠯᠪᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠣᠲᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Халбагат өрвилдэй
Mongolian (Transliteration): khalbag aŋ khushuut, khalbag t örvildei, khalbagant, tsag aagchiŋ khalbag t
Malay: Burung Sekendi Sudu
Maltese: Paletta
Nepali: चम्चाठू“डे सा“वरी
Dutch: Lepelaar
Norwegian: Skjestork
Polish: warzecha, Warzęcha, warzęcha (zwyczajna), Warzęcha zwyczajna
Pinyin: bái bì-lù, bái pí-lù, chí-zuǐ-lù, děng kézi-zuǐ, pí-lù, pípá-zuǐ lù, pí-zuǐ-lù
Portuguese: colhereiro, colhereiro-europeu
Portuguese (Brazil): colhereiro-europeu
Romansh: ibis dal bec plat
Romanian: Lopătar
Russian: Колпица, Колпица обыкновенная, Обыкновенная колпица
Scots: Gob cathainn
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Eurasiya Handialawa
Slovak: Lyžičiar biely, Lyžičiar obyčajný
Slovenian: žlicarka, Žličarka
Albanian: Çapka sqeplugë
Serbian: bijeli kašikar, Caplja kašikara, Цаплја кашикара, Чапља кашикара
Swedish: Skedstork
Tamil: Karandivayan
Thai: นกช้อนหอยหน้าขาว, นกปากช้อนหน้าขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók pàak-cʰóaan nâa-kʰăaw
Turkish: Kaşıkçı, Kaşıklı Balıkçıl, kaşykçy, Spatül Kuşu, Жалбағай
Tuvinian: Шопулакхай
Ukrainian: Колпиця, Косар
Vietnamese: Chim Cò thìa Châu âu, Cò thìa Châu âu
Chinese: [bai bì-lu], [bai pi-lu], [pí-lu], [pipa-zui lu], 匙嘴鹭, 戥壳子嘴, 琵嘴鹭, 琵琶嘴鹭, 琵鹭, 白琵鷺, 白琵鹭, 白篦鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 匙嘴鷺, 戥殼子嘴, 琵嘴鷺, 琵琶嘴鷺, 琵鷺, 白琵鷺, 白篦鷺
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 白琵鷺
Chinese (Taiwan): [bai pi-lu], 白琵鷺, 白琵鹭

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