Spoonbills


 English: Black-faced Spoonbill

 Japanese: kurotsura herasagi

 Latin: Platalea minor

 Date: 26/OCT/2003

 Location: Katsushika Rinkai Kouen, Tokyo, Japan

 Size: L = 73 cm

 Photo by Makoto Furuya
 Note: Black wing tip indicates immature bird.

 

 English: Eurasian Spoonbill

 Japanese: herasagi

 Latin: Platalea leucorodia

 Date: NOV/2001

 Location: Shiga, Japan

 Size: L = 86 cm

 Photo by Mitsunobu Nakamura

 

 English: Roseate Spoonbill

 Japanese: beniherasagi

 Latin: Platalea ajaja

 Size: L = 81cm, WS = 127cm

 Date: 30/MAR/2003

 Location: High Island, TX

 Photo by Wayne Nicholas

 

 English: Roseate Spoonbill

 Japanese: beniherasagi

 Latin: Platalea ajaja

 Date: 7/APR/2002

 Location: Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX

 Size: L = 81cm, WS = 127cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Note: Breeding plumage

 English: Roseate Spoonbill

 Japanese: beniherasagi

 Latin: Platalea ajaja

 Date: 4/MAY/2003

 Location: Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX

 Size: L = 81cm, WS = 127cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Date: 27/OCT/2001

 Location: Arthur Storey Park, Houston, TX

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Note: Daytime lighting

 

 Latin: Platalea ajaja

 Size: L = 81cm, WS = 127cm

 Date: 17/Dec/2000

 Location: Galveston, TX

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Note: Sun set lighting