WoRMS taxon details
Platalea Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Platalea ajaja Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786
- Species Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Platalea minor Temminck & Schlegel, 1849
- Species Platalea regia Gould, 1838
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip...
Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip of mandible; narrow groove from nostril along margin of upper mandible almost to tip; face naked. Feed by sweeping bill from side to side in water. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Platalea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204341 on 2024-08-31
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1998-08-21 13:28:34Z
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Depew, Lorna
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Martinez, Olga
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip of mandible; narrow groove from nostril along margin of upper mandible almost to tip; face naked. Feed by sweeping bill from side to side in water. [details]
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Japanese | ヘラサギ属 | [details] |