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Royal Spoonbill

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q722981

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
taxon
Egg incubation period
+22[23]
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern[3]
Litter size
+3[22]
Mass
+69[21]
NZTCS conservation status
naturally uncommon[24]
Parent taxon
Platalea[4]
Taxon common name
llwybig brenhinol, Royal Spoonbill, Königslöffler, Espátula real, becplaner reial, kolpík královský, mask-luitsnokkiibis, Kongeskjestork, Королевская колпица, オーストラリアヘラサギ, Australsk Skestork, australiankapustahaikara, királykanalasgém, warzęcha królewska, lyžičiar kráľovský, australisk skedstork, Koningslepelaar, Spatule royale, Spatola reale, colhereiro-real, karališkoji girnovė, Ibis-sendok raja, kungsskedstork, косар королівський, crnolica žličarka[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Taxon name
Platalea regia[5]
Taxon rank
species[2]
Wingspan
+120[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Black-billed Spoonbill en Royal Spoonbill en Platalea regia ar أبو ملعقة ملكي cs kolpík královský da Australsk Skestork de Platalea regia de Königslöffler es Espátula Real es Espatula Real fa کفچه‌نوک شاهی fi australiankapustahaikara fr Platalea regia fr Spatule royale he כפן מלכותי hi शाही चम्मचचोंच hu királykanalasgém id ibis-sendok raja it Spatola reale ja オーストラリアヘラサギ
🔖 Identifiers · 38
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Royal Spoonbill mouth open.jpg ↗
ABBBS Taxon ID
990
ADW taxon ID
Platalea_regia
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Platalea_(Platalea)_regia
Avibase taxon ID
DEAF523A17679BEA
BirdLife Australia ID
royal-spoonbill
BirdLife taxon ID
22697561
Birdata ID
181
CalPhotos taxon ID
Platalea+regia
Catalogue of Life ID
4JMRF
EBird taxon ID
royspo1
Encyclopedia of Life ID
45516066
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/royal-spoonbill
Endemia.nc animal taxon ID
69
Freebase ID
/m/07_h1_
GBIF taxon ID
2480799
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
kongeskjestork
INaturalist taxon ID
3733
IRMNG ID
10971376
ITIS TSN
174938
IUCN taxon ID
22697561
Macaulay Library taxon ID
royspo1
NBIC scientific name ID
175129
NCBI taxonomy ID
757428
NZTCS ID
11004
New Zealand Birds Online ID
royal-spoonbill
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
c5723306-6bbe-4d65-beaf-be7a9d8b3062
OBIS ID
1436389
Observation.org taxon ID
73525
Oiseaux.net ID
spatule.royale
Open Tree of Life ID
453066
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
400651
Queensland Biota ID
1823
TAXREF ID
432698
Topic's main category
Category:Platalea regia
WoRMS-ID for taxa
1436389
Xeno-canto species ID
Platalea-regia
Yale LUX ID
concept/a3dfbe3b-6514-4547-80c1-24f06a1cf06f

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🔗 Connections
IUCN conservation status 1
Least Concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Platalea
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Royal Spoonbill is a taxon[1].

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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] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. 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] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NZTCS conservation status → naturally uncommon
    Egg incubation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+22'}
    Litter size → {'amount': '+3'}
    Taxon rank → species
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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