Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Photo · (c) Brandyn Britton

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Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Platalea flavipesGould, 1838

Endemic
Order
PELECANIFORMES
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.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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