Platalea regia

Royal Spoonbill at Bega, NSW

Platalea regia at Bega, NSW - 21 Dec 2020 12:10 PM
Platalea regia at Bega, NSW - 21 Dec 2020 12:10 PM
Platalea regia at Bega, NSW - 21 Dec 2020 12:10 PM
Platalea regia at Bega, NSW - 21 Dec 2020 12:10 PM
Platalea regia at Bega, NSW - 21 Dec 2020 12:10 PM
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Platalea regia 22 Dec 2020 KylieWaldon

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Never seen young Royal Spoonbills before, nor realised how the parent birds would go about feeding them! There were two young birds and two adults

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Additional information

  • True Nesting site

Species information

  • Platalea regia Scientific name
  • Royal Spoonbill Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 722m Recorded at altitude
  • 331 images trained Machine learning
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