Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae

Platalea leucorodia
Spoonbill / Espátula

Maximum size: 85 cm
Habitat
They live in marshes, lagoons, preferably salty-water lakes and shoreline marshlands. They can nest on trees, as it happens in the National Park of Doñana, in nest-areas with cork oaks or with marsh vegetation as in the Marismas del Odiel, in Huelva and in other places in Europe, like in Holland. They can be seen in lagoons in the centre of Andalusia and in small marshlands, although this only happens occasionally. They feed on aquatic vegetation, fish, molluscs, tadpoles and invertebrates. They are included in the Red List of Birds of Spain and Andalusia, and their conservation status is ‘Vulnerable’.  

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