Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Platalea alba   Scopoli, 1786

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Ciconiiformes | Threskiornithidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; freshwater; brackish.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Africa and Western Indian Ocean: South Africa and Madagascar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Underhill, L.G., M.L. Gómez and M. Brooks 2016 Bird distribution dynamics 3 - African Spoonbill Platalea alba in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Biodiversity Observations 7.96:1-6. (Ref. 131145)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

| FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models