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Species profile—Platalea regia (royal spoonbill)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills) → Platalea regia (royal spoonbill)

Photo of Platalea regia (royal spoonbill) - Jones, K.,Ken Jones,2014
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)
Scientific name
Platalea regia Gould, 1838
Common name
royal spoonbill
WildNet taxon ID
1823
Alternate name(s)
black-billed spoonbill
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Aquatic & Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1823

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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