Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Eurasian Spoonbill, Spain, May 2022 - click for larger image Andalucia, Spain
May 2022

This is the only spoonbill to be found regularly in Europe. The adults have a black bill with yellow tip, a bushy crest, and a yellow collar during the breeding season. The juveniles have a dull yellow bill and black tips to the primaries.

Eurasian Spoonbill, Spain, May 2022 - click for larger image They are found in southern Spain, the Netherlands and occasionally in southern England as well as central Europe to China, India and Africa. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.
Eurasian Spoonbill, Spain, May 2022 - click for larger image
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