

Scientific Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Aves
ORDER: Pelecaniformes
FAMILY: Threskiornithidae
GENUS: Platalea
SPECIES: P. ajaja
Conservation Status


As the name suggests, the roseate spoonbill has different rosy colorations. Adults have a greenish-yellow head, white neck, back, and chest, and the rest is a mixture of colors. Their legs and wings and feathers underneath are a paler pink, with their eyes, tail, and upper wings being a deep red.
The lighter colored roseate spoonbills are the younger generation that will darken as they mature.




Roseate spoonbills fly in diagonal lines with their necks and legs fully extended.