Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Platalea [leucorodia or regia] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Platalea [alba x leucorodia] (hybrid)
• Platalea ajaja x Platalea leucorodia (hybrid)
• Platalea [leucorodia x minor] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Eurasiese lepelaar
Arabic: أبو ملعقة, أبو ملعقة أوروبي, أبو ملعقة الأوراسي, أبو ملعقة بو الخصيف
Asturian: Paletón, Paletón euroasiáticu
Azerbaijani: adi ərsindimdik, Ərsindimdik, Əsindimdik
Bashkir: көрәкморон
Belarusian: Колпiца, Колпіца
Bulgarian: Бял лопатар, Бяла лопатарка, Лопатарка
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় চামচঠুঁটি, িআিঈময঱ীয় চাভচঠুুঁটি
Bengali (transliteration): i'urēśīẏa cāmacaṭhum̐ṭi
Breton: Ar spanell gwenn, Spanell wenn
Catalan: Bec planer, Bec-pla, Becplaner, Bec-planer, Becplaner comú
Catalan (Balears): Bec planer
Valencian: Bec-pla
Montenegrin: čaplja kašikara, kašičar, кашичар, чапља кашикара
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): кашичар, чапља кашикара
Czech: Kolpík bílý
Chuvash: колпица
Welsh: Llwybig
Danish: Skestork
German: Loffler, Löffler
Maldivian: Dheyfaiy Dhooni
Greek: (Ευρασιατική) Χουλιαρομύτα, Κουταλάς, Χoυλιαρoμύτα, Χουλιαρομύτα
Greek (Cypriot): Κουταλάς
Emiliano-romagnolo: Spatula
English: Common Spoonbill, Eurasian Spoonbill, European Spoonbill, Spoonbill, White Spoonbill
English, HBW: Eurasian Spoonbill
English (IOC): Eurasian Spoonbill
English (Kenya): Eurasian Spoonbill
English (United States): Eurasian Spoonbill
Esperanto: Blanka plataleo, Eŭrazia plataleo, Plataleo
Spanish: Espátula, Espátula Común, Espátula de Eurasia
Spanish (Spain): Espátula Común
Spanish (HBW): Espátula común
Estonian: Luitsnokk-iibis
Basque: Becplaner, Mokozabal zuri, Mokozabal zuria, Mokozabala
Persian: کفچه نوک, کفچه‌نوک
Finnish: Kapustahaikara
Faroese: Spónnev
French: Spatule blanche, Spatule d'Europe
Frisian: Leppelbek
Irish: Corr leathadach, Corr Leitheadach, Leitheadach
Gaelic: Gob Cathainn
Galician: Becplaner, Cullereiro, Cullereiro común
Manx: Gob lhean
Hebrew: אבי הכף , אבי־הכף, כפן, כפן אירופאי
Croatian: Bijela žličarka, Žlicarka, Žličarka
Hungarian: Kanalasgém
Armenian: [Targalaktuts ], Տարգալակտուց
Icelandic: Flatnefur
Italian: Spatola, Spatola bianca, Spatola eurasiatica
Japanese (romaji): herasagi, Hera-sagi, Toki
Japanese: ヘラサギ
Japanese (Kanji): 篦鷺
Georgian: ჟერო
Kara-Kalpak: қасық мурын қалбағай, қасықтумсық
Kabardian: пэхьэнцэбзу
Mongolian, Halh: африк халбаган хошуут
Khakas: Час хыл
Kazakh: Жалбағай, қалбағай, кәдімгі жалбағай, тәуекел
Kazakh (Transliteration): jalbağay
Korean: 노랑부리저어새
Korean (Transliteration): norang-buri-jeoeo-sae
Karachay-Balkar: къара турна, мисир турна
North Karelian: levienenähaikara
Cornish: Gelvyn lo
Kirghiz: кадимки кашык тумшук, кашык тумшук, кашык тумшуктуу кытан, кашыктумшук
Scientific: Platalea leucorodia, Platalea leucorodia leucorodia
Luxembourgish: Läffeler , Läffler
Lithuanian: Girnove, Girnovė, Paprastoji girnovė
Latvian: Karošknābis, Platknābja gārnis, Platknābja ibiss
Maori: Kotuku-ngutupapa
Macedonian: Лажичарка чапја, чапја лажичарка
Malayalam: ചട്ടുകക്കൊക്കൻ
Mongolian: африк халбаган хошуут, Халбаган хошуут, 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
Moldavian: Lopătar
Marathi: चमच्या
Malay: Burung Sekendi Sudu
Maltese: Paletta, palettun Ewrasjatiku, spatula bajda ta' l-Eurażja
Nepali: चम्चाठू“डे सा“वरी
Dutch: Lepelaar
Norwegian Nynorsk: Skeistork
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
Portuguese (Portugal): Colhereiro, colhereiro-europeu
Romansh: Ibis dal bec plat
Rhaeto-Romance: Ibis dal bec plat
Romanian: Lopătar
Russian: Kolpitsa, Колпица, Колпица обыкновенная, Обыкновенная колпица
Scots: Gob cathainn
Northern Sami: Spoađđoháigir
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Eurasiya Handialawa
Slovak: Lyžičiar biely, Lyžičiar obyčajný
Slovenian: žlicarka, žličarka
Albanian: Çapka sqepluge, Çapka sqeplugë
Serbian: bijeli kašikar, Caplja kašikara, Kašičar, Цаплја кашикара, Чапља кашикара
Swedish: Skedstork
Tamil: Karandivayan
Thai: นกช้อนหอยหน้าขาว, นกปากช้อนหน้าขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók pàak-cʰóaan nâa-kʰăaw
Turkmen: kaşykburun
Turkish: Kaşıkçı, Kaşıklı Balıkçıl, kaşykçy, Spatül Kuşu, Жалбағай
Tatar: кашыктомшык
Tuvinian: шопулак-хаай, Шопулакхай
Ukrainian: Колпиця, Косар, Косар білий
Uzbek: қошиқбурун, оддий колпица
Vietnamese: Chim Cò thìa Châu âu, Cò thìa Châu âu
Kalmyk: көлвг, хавтха хоңшарт
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