ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE STORK-LIKE BIRDS
The White Spoon-bill
(Platalea leucorodia) is a slightly larger bird than the American species, and, with the exception of a band of cinnamon-buff on the fore neck, is pure white throughout, with a large nuchal crest of drooping, pointed plumes.
It is found throughout central and southern Europe, thence east to central Asia and China, and south to northern Africa and India. It is said to breed among reeds in marshes after the manner of certain Cormorants.
The other species of the genus are the Black-billed Spoon-bill (P. regia) of Australia and the Moluccas, the African Spoon-bill (P. alba) of tropical Africa and Madagascar, and the Lesser Spoon-bill (P. minor) of Japan and China.
The Yellow-legged Spoon-bill
(Plalibis flavipes) is confined to Australia, and is a large bird, mainly white above and below, but with the fore neck straw-colored, and the forehead, upper throat, and bill yellow.
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