Platalea regia

Royal Spoonbill at Splitters Creek, NSW

Platalea regia at Splitters Creek, NSW - 27 Jan 2025 08:04 AM
Platalea regia at Splitters Creek, NSW - 27 Jan 2025 08:04 AM
Platalea regia at Splitters Creek, NSW - 27 Jan 2025 08:04 AM
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Identification history

Platalea regia 3 Feb 2025 Liam.m
Threskiornis molucca 2 Feb 2025 CarbonAI
Platalea regia 2 Feb 2025 KylieWaldon

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User's notes

Please ignore the ibis and the yellow spoonbill in these shots but I think the rest were royals. lucky to see them at all through all the fallen trees and branches.

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  • Platalea regia Scientific name
  • Royal Spoonbill Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 722m Recorded at altitude
  • 334 images trained Machine learning
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