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Eurasian Spoonbill

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q171360

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
taxon, cultural heritage[2]
Short name
P. leucorodia[9]
CITES Appendix
Appendix II of CITES
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7]
Egg incubation period
+23
Heritage designation
Natural Monument of South Korea[8]
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern[4]
Litter size
+3.5
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology
Mass
+76[25]
Parent taxon
Platalea[5]
Regional conservation status
critically endangered
Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic
critically endangered
Taxon common name
Eurasian Spoonbill, Löffler, Espátula común, Spatule blanche, Spatola, Lepelaar, Skestork, Skjestork, Колпица, ヘラサギ, skedstork, kapustahaikara, luitsnokk-iibis, warzęcha (zwyczajna), kolpík bílý, lyžičiar biely, kanalasgém, colhereiro-europeu, becplaner comú, žličarka, นกปากช้อนหน้าขาว, paprastoji girnovė, karošknābis, Flatnefur, косар білий, Spoađđoháigir, llwybig, European Spoonbill, Spoonbill, 白琵鹭, corr leitheadach, Spanell wenn, lepelaar, Gob cathainn, spatule blanche, spoonbill, eurasian spoonbill, Gob lhean, Gelvyn lo, žličarka, paletón, colhereiro-comum, colhereiro-eurasiático[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Taxon name
Platalea leucorodia[6]
Taxon range
Brazil, Nanling Mountains, South America, Africa
Taxon rank
species[3]
Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule
Schedule I (Part III) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
Wingspan
+1.3[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Platalea leucorodia en Eurasian Spoonbill ar أبو ملعقة أبيض cs kolpík bílý cs Platalea leucorodia da Skestork de Platalea leucorodia de Löffler de Löffelreiher el Platalea leucorodia el Χουλιαρομύτα es Espátula comun es Espatula común es Espátula común es Espatula comun fa کفچه‌نوک اروآسیایی fi kapustahaikara fi Platalea leucorodia fr Spatule blanche fr spatule blanche
🔖 Identifiers · 69
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Eurasian Spoonbill.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Platalea_leucorodia
AnimalBase ID
2778
Armeniapedia ID
2770
Avibase taxon ID
A0A584C1E7D786FE
BISMaL taxon ID
9033840
BOLD Systems taxon ID
747386
BTO Birds of Britain ID
bob1440
BTO five-letter code
SPOON
Belgian Species List ID
3924
BioLib taxon ID
8417
BirdLife taxon ID
22697555
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Birds of India ID
930
CITES Species+ ID
8745
CMS ID
platalea-leucorodia
CalPhotos taxon ID
Platalea+leucorodia
Catalogue of Life ID
4JMRD
Czech NDOP taxon ID
1340
Dyntaxa ID
205503
EBiodiversity ID
90534
EBird taxon ID
eurspo1
EUNIS ID for species
1220
EURING number
1440
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID
E0012702
Encyclopedia of Life ID
45512149
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/European-spoonbill
Fauna Europaea ID
96670
Fauna Europaea New ID
55d77a3f-d1d4-48ff-8df6-eff61b7eb1d6
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID
MX.26240
Fossilworks taxon ID
368589
Freebase ID
/m/01t9c5
GBIF taxon ID
2480801
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
skjestork
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2082372
IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code
EURS
IBP 6-letter bird species alpha code
PLALEU
INaturalist taxon ID
3731
IRMNG ID
10196492
ITIS TSN
174933
IUCN taxon ID
22697555
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
239182
Internet Bird Collection species ID
eurasian-spoonbill-platalea-leucorodia
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779305763
MyBIS species ID
62452
NBIC scientific name ID
3592
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000000255
NCBI taxonomy ID
257867
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
taxon/404F12C7-7A3B-4D2F-8754-7712BC0D36AB
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007566390105171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5086523
Naturbasen species ID
93/skestork
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
139425
OBIS ID
416678
Observation.org taxon ID
8
Oiseaux.net ID
spatule.blanche
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
803038
Open Tree of Life ID
317305
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
368589
SOR bird ID
Lopatar
TAXREF ID
2530
Vikidia article ID
fr:Spatule_blanche
Wiki Aves ID
colhereiro-europeu
WikiKids ID
Lepelaar
WoRMS-ID for taxa
416678
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02009310-n
Xeno-canto species ID
Platalea-leucorodia
Yale LUX ID
concept/be848137-f500-4549-b9c5-fa09480f53b7
ZOBODAT taxon ID
20421
ZooBank ID for name or act
42B018F0-3C38-4E29-A34B-9F9AA9C8F53F
🔗 Connections
Taxon range 4
Brazil, Africa, South America, Nanling Mountains
Instance of 2
taxon, cultural heritage
IUCN conservation status 1
Least Concern
Named after 1
Golden Spoonbill
Parent taxon 1
Platalea
Taxon rank 1
species
← Main food source 1
serval
← Taxon especially protected in area 1
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Summary

Eurasian Spoonbill is a taxon[1].

Body

Discovery and Description

Things named for Eurasian Spoonbill include Golden Spoonbill[26], an award[27], in Netherlands[28], founded in 1974[29].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Golden Spoonbill[26], an award[27], in Netherlands[28], founded in 1974[29].

Related Entities

Brazil

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: 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] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Flight speeds among bird species: allometric and phylogenetic effects. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → critically endangered
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: critically endangered, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
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