Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Ciconiiformes > Family Threskiornithidae > Genus Platalea

Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PlataleaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Afrikaanse lepelaar sources: Avibase - the world bird database
 English: African spoonbill sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
 English-United States: African Spoonbill sources: Charles Hussey
 French: spatule d'Afrique sources: Avibase - the world bird database
 German: Afrikanischer Löffler

Literature

basis of record

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212707

Drs Cees Roselaar. Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96671

Image

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212707
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96671

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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