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Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Pelecaniformes
family
Threskiornithidae
genus
Platalea
species
Platalea alba

Name

Homonyms
Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786
Common names
African Spoonbill in English
African Spoonbill in English
African Spoonbill in English
African Spoonbill in English
African Spoonbill in English
African spoonbill in English
African spoonbill in English
Afrikaanse Lepelaar in Dutch
Afrikanischer Löffler in German
Afrikansk Skestork in Danish
Afrikaskjestork in Norwegian
Espátula africana in Spanish
Lepelaar in Afrikaans
Rosenfußlöffler in German
Spatola africana in Italian
Spatule d'Afrique in French
aafrika luitsnokk-iibis in Estonian
afrikai kanalasgém in Hungarian
afrikankapustahaikara in Finnish
afrikansk skedstork in Swedish
afriška žličarka in Slovenian
baltoji girnovė in Lithuanian
becplaner africà in Catalan–Valencian
colhereiro-africano in Portuguese
kolpík africký in Czech
lyžičiar ružovonohý in Slovak
warzęcha czerwonolica in Polish
Āfrikas karošknābis in Latvian
Белая колпица in Russian
アフリカヘラサギ in Japanese
非洲琵鷺 in Chinese
非洲琵鹭 in Chinese
African spoonbill in English
Afrikaanse lepelaar in Dutch
Afrikanischer Löffler in German
spatule d'Afrique in French

Bibliographic References

  1. (1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code
  2. (2011) IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9
  3. (2011) IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9
  4. (2011) Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.01.25
  5. Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
  6. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
  7. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
  8. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
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