spoonbills
Paddle-faced wading birds
Spoonbills are wading birds with long legs and distinctive spatula-shaped bills, which they sweep side to side through shallow water to catch fish and crustaceans.
Found in wetlands across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, they're related to ibises.
The roseate spoonbill of the Americas has striking pink plumage.
Traversing shallow water on foot
- pinkPale red hue
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- roseatePink-hued or hopeful
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
ibis · colonial · nesting · rookery · feathers · breeding · migratory · wingspan
Wide and rounded terminally
- flattenedMade smooth or level
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- tactileOf the touching sense
- feedingGiving food to
sifting · crustaceans · filter · beak · mandible · sensitive · lateral · motion
Elimination of living spaces
- wetland protectionSafeguarding saturated natural areas
- EvergladesFlorida's vast subtropical preserve
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- populationAll inhabitants combined
breeding colonies · wildlife refuge · restoration · monitoring · nesting sites · Gulf Coast · Audubon · protected species
wading
Traversing shallow water on foot
wetlands · ibis · colonial · nesting · rookery · feathers · breeding · migratory · wingspan · shorebird
spatulate
Wide and rounded terminally
feeding · sifting · crustaceans · filter · beak · mandible · sensitive · lateral · motion · invertebrates
habitat loss
Elimination of living spaces
- wetland protectionSafeguarding saturated natural areas
- EvergladesFlorida's vast subtropical preserve
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
population · breeding colonies · wildlife refuge · restoration · monitoring · nesting sites · Gulf Coast · Audubon · protected species · sanctuary
- waterbirdsducks, auk, geese, bittern, swans
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- wetlandsswamp, swamps, marsh, marshes, marshland
- Wadden Seatidal flats, mudflats, salt marshes, harbor seals, grey seals