Eurasian Spoonbill
Scientific name: Platalea leucorodia
Mongolian name: Халбаган Хошуут
Order: Pelecaniformes
Conservation status: LC
Key information
The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.
Length : 70–95 cm
Wingspan: 115–135 cm
Weight : 1130–1960 g
Population :The overall population trend is uncertain.
Habitat: inhabit any type of marsh, river, lake, flooded area and mangrove swamp, whether fresh, brackish or saline.
Diet: Largely carnivorous, taking adults and larvae of water beetles, dragonflies, caddisflies, locusts, flies and other insects
Location
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