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African Spoonbill

Platalea alba

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 164, February 157, March 161, April 256, May 210, June 194, July 169, August 188, September 153, October 215, November 194, December 156.
South Africa2,217
Western Cape1,020
Kenya486
KwaZulu-Natal389
Mpumalanga232
Tanzania214
Eastern Cape188
Nakuru176
Limpopo160
Kajiado140

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPelicans, Herons, and Allies · Pelecaniformes
FamilyIbises and Spoonbills · Threskiornithidae
GenusSpoonbills · Platalea

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