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

Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Platalea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: çafka sqeplugë; skjepluga sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): skjestork sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Бяла лопатарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: skestork sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: lepelaar sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: Eurasian spoonbill; spoonbill sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Eurasian Spoonbill; Spoonbill sources: Charles Hussey

French: spatule blanche sources: Avibase - the world bird database

Gaelic: leitheadach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Leitheadach

German: Löffelreiher; Löffler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ευρασιατική Χουλιαρομύτα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Leitheadach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): כפן אבי-כף sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: spatola; spatola bianca; Spatola; Spatola bianca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: girnovė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: skjestork sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: skjestork sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 139

Norwegian Nynorsk: skeistork sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 139

Nynorsk (Norwegian): skeistork sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: warzęcha sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: lopătar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: колпица; Косарь; обыкновенная колпица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: leitheadach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: žličarka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: espátula común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: skedstork sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kasikci; kaşıkçı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Колпиця; Косар; Косар блідо-рожевий; Косаря блідо-рожевого sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: llwybig

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (716 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GenBank (29 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758. 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:416678

Drs Cees Roselaar. Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96670