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Platalea flavipes

1 Yellow-billed Spoonbill at Killara, VIC

Platalea flavipes at Killara, VIC - 25 Mar 2022 08:10 AM
Platalea flavipes at Killara, VIC - 25 Mar 2022 08:10 AM
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Platalea flavipes 25 Mar 2022 KylieWaldon

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Nice to see a pair of this species up close and personal - but they flocked off as soon as they saw me.

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KylieWaldon wrote:
   26 Mar 2022
HI Sam. I've heard that, but I often get them at sites with water either as a fly over or in manky ponds. but only ever 1-3.

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  • Platalea flavipes Scientific name
  • Yellow-billed Spoonbill Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 626.8m Recorded at altitude
  • 115 images trained Machine learning

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