roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) 7 November 2013, 18:04:43
Author Laura Pagés Méndez
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The roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) (sometimes placed in its own genus Ajaja) is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in South America mostly east of the Andes, and in coastal regions of the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, the Gulf Coast of the United States and on central Florida's Atlantic coast Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. Plegadis falcinellus is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas.
