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African Spoonbill

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q512348

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
P. alba[6]
Egg incubation period
+27
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern[3]
Litter size
+2.4[22]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[21]
Parent taxon
Platalea[4]
Taxon common name
llwybig Affrica, African Spoonbill, Afrikanischer Löffler, Espátula africana, becplaner africà, kolpík africký, aafrika luitsnokk-iibis, Afrikaskjestork, Белая колпица, アフリカヘラサギ, Afrikansk Skestork, afrikankapustahaikara, afrikai kanalasgém, warzęcha czerwonolica, lyžičiar ružovonohý, afrikansk skedstork, Lepelaar, Afrikaanse Lepelaar, Spatule d'Afrique, Spatola africana, colhereiro-africano, afriška žličarka, baltoji girnovė, Afríkuspænir, Āfrikas karošknābis, Rotgesichtlöffler, Spatule d’Afrique, косар африканський, Afrihkáspoađđoháigir, Leitheadach Afracach, Spanell dremm ruz, Gob lhean Affrickagh, afrička žličarka, Sotrovava, Sotro sogny[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Taxon name
Platalea alba[5]
Taxon range
Africa, Burkina Faso
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Platalea alba en African Spoonbill ar أبي ملعقة الأفريقي ar أبا ملعقة الأفريقي ar أبو ملعقة الأفريقي cs kolpík africký da Afrikansk Skestork de Rosenfußlöffler de Rotgesichtlöffler de Afrikanischer Löffler de Schmalschnabel-Löffler de Schmalschnabellöffler de Platalea alba es Espátula africana fa کفچه‌نوک آفریقایی fi afrikankapustahaikara fi Platalea alba fr Platalea alba fr Spatule africaine fr Spatule d'Afrique
🔖 Identifiers · 42
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Platalea-alba-Lake-Nakuru.JPG ↗
ADW taxon ID
Platalea_alba
ARKive ID (archived)
platalea-alba, african-spoonbill/platalea-alba
AnimalBase ID
42016
Avibase taxon ID
F86BB1D3818BDB03
BOLD Systems taxon ID
10037
BirdLife taxon ID
22697564
CAB ID
247376
CMS ID
platalea-alba
CalPhotos taxon ID
Platalea+alba
Catalogue of Life ID
4JMRB
Czech NDOP taxon ID
106251
Show all 42 identifiers +30
EASIN ID
R11764
EBird taxon ID
afrspo1
EUNIS ID for species
100738
EURING number
34130
Encyclopedia of Life ID
45513849
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/African-spoonbill
External data available at URL
www.gbif.org
Fauna Europaea ID
96671
Fauna Europaea New ID
5f69f2e7-5cfe-4ffa-80b4-0635795b635d
Fossilworks taxon ID
373513
Freebase ID
/m/02cqgq
GBIF taxon ID
2480800
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
afrikaskjestork
INaturalist taxon ID
3734
IRMNG ID
10839592
ITIS TSN
174935
IUCN taxon ID
22697564
NBIC scientific name ID
175130
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000533683
NCBI taxonomy ID
33578
OBIS ID
212707
Observation.org taxon ID
21115
Oiseaux.net ID
spatule.d.afrique
Open Tree of Life ID
1057477
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
373513
TAXREF ID
2532
Tierstimmenarchiv ID
14046
WoRMS-ID for taxa
212707
Xeno-canto species ID
Platalea-alba
Yale LUX ID
concept/ca8fe56f-6604-4da2-b57a-91636b443328

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🔗 Connections
← Species kept 6
Disney's Animal Kingdom, Houston Zoo, Honolulu Zoo, The Maryland Zoo, Detroit Zoo, Oakland Zoo
Taxon range 2
Africa, Burkina Faso
IUCN conservation status 1
Least Concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Platalea
Taxon rank 1
species
← Main food source 1
serval
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Summary

African Spoonbill is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

Burkina Faso Honolulu Zoo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Egg incubation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+27'}
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2.4'}
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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