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The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) belongs to the family Threskiornithidae under the order Pelecaniformes.
Eurasian spoonbill taxonomy
The Threskiornithidae is the family of the ibises and the spoonbills.The family Threskiornithidae was first introduced by Charles Wallace Richmond (December 31, 1868 – May 19, 1932), an American ornithologist, in the year 1917.
The family Threskiornithidae is comprised of two subfamilies, the Threskiornithinae and the Plataleinae. The subfamily Plataleinae was first described by Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, in the year 1838.
The subfamily Plataleinae comprises only one genus Platalea. The genus Platalea was first described by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758.
The genus Platalea comprises six species, viz., P. minor, P. regia, P. flavipes, P. alba, P. ajaja and P. leucorodia. The species P. leucorodia is polytypic.
The species Platalea leucorodia was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the year 1758.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Platalea leucorodia |
| Species: | P. leucorodia |
| Genus: | Platalea |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Threskiornithidae |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Eurasian spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Image by Artemy Voikhansky |
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| 2.Eurasian spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Image by Andreas Trepte, www.photo-natur.net |
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| 3.Eurasian spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Image by Creando |
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| 4.Eurasian spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Image by Angelo Rossi |
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| 5.Eurasian spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Image by Juan Emilio |
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| 6.Eurasian spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Image by Tozeramos57 |
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| 7.Eurasian spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Image by Davidvraju |
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| 8.Eurasian spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Image by Ian Kirk |
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| 9.Eurasian spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia Image by Juan Emilio |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Artemy Voikhansky | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 7/28/18
2.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eurasian_Spoonbill-2.jpg (cropped)
Author: Andreas Trepte, www.photo-natur.net | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 as on 7/28/18
3.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Loeffler.jpg (cropped)
Author: Creandot | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 7/28/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rougenair/474293930/ (cropped)
Author: Angelo Rossi | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/28/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juan_e/6847740268/ (cropped)
Author: Juan Emilio | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 7/28/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coelheiro.jpg (cropped)
Author: Tozeramos57 | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 7/28/18
7.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Davidraju_IMG_4918.jpg (cropped)
Author: Davidvraju | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 7/28/18
8.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Platalea_leucorodia_-Holes_Bay,_Poole,_Dorset,_England-8.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ian Kirk | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/28/18
9.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juan_e/6993875667/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Juan Emilio | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 7/28/18
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