Royal Spoonbill

Platalea regia Gould, 1838

Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbills

Royal Spoonbill, Platalea regia, is found in Australasia, breeding in south New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania and coastal North and South Islands of New Zealand, and ranging outside the breeding season to Java, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, the southern Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. It is a spoonbill in the ibis family, described by Gould in 1838. Its range includes intertidal flats and shallow freshwater and saltwater wetlands. It is also known as the black-billed spoonbill, and in New Zealand as kōtuku ngutupapa.

Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbills
Breeding range: Australasia: sc New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania, coastal North and South Is. (New Zealand)
Nonbreeding range: to Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Tasmania, s Solomon Is. and New Caledonia