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Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Platalea flavipes Gould, 1838
Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbills
Yellow-billed Spoonbill, Platalea flavipes, is a wading bird of Australia, breeding across the mainland except Tasmania. It belongs to the ibis and spoonbill family and was first described by Gould in 1838. It is found in eastern, northern and south-western parts of the country, usually close to water, and has also turned up as a visitor in New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. The bird has white plumage, with yellow bill, face, legs, feet and iris. In the breeding season, black appears on the face and wing tips, and chest hackles grow.
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Threskiornithidae — Ibises, Spoonbills
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Australia (except Tasmania)
