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Platalea alba
African Spoonbill
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Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy
ID: 6666 6666 0813 0025 (2013-08-06)Copyright © 2013 California Academy of Sciences
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date of photo Oct 1, 2011
location
Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province (Kenya)notes The African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) is a long-legged wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. The species is widespread across Africa and Madagascar, including Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It lives in marshy wetlands with some open shallow water and nests in colonies in trees or reedbeds.CalAcademy slide # African Spoonbill 111002 _D332656 photo category: Animal - Bird
original filename: African Spoonbill 111002 _D332656.jpg
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African Spoonbill (photographer)
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