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A pale pink Roseate Spoonbill standing on one leg in calm shallow water, bill open, next to a small rock
Species

Roseate Spoonbill

Espátula Rosada
Platalea ajaja
Family
Threskiornithidae
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern
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01Field notes

Feeds by sweeping its partly open bill side to side through shallow water, snapping it shut on whatever it touches. Common in the mangrove lagoons of Holbox and Sian Ka'an.

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