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Sighting 4472816

Platalea flavipes

4 Yellow-billed Spoonbill at Splitters Creek, NSW

Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
Platalea flavipes at Splitters Creek, NSW - 26 Feb 2023 09:13 AM
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Identification history

Platalea regia 1 Mar 2023 CarbonAI
Platalea flavipes 1 Mar 2023 KylieWaldon

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User's notes

Saw three across the site. Two together and one on its own. the one with the egret was forced out when the egret decided to almost land on top of it in the tree!

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KylieWaldon wrote:
   3 Mar 2023
TY Sam

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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
  • 112 images trained Machine learning

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