BirdUp · Species
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Platalea flavipesGould, 1838
Endemic
- Order
- PELECANIFORMES
- Family
- Threskiornithidae
- Genus
- Platalea
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The yellow-billed spoonbill is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is native to Australia, and is a vagrant to New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Australia (except Tasmania)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
The BirdUp app
Log your next Yellow-billed Spoonbill in the field
A pocket field journal for 850+ Australian birds. Offline-first, smart ID, and a lifelist that travels with you.