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Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja
Linnaeus, C, 1758
Espátula Rosada
Colhereiro
Family: Threskiornithidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Platalea ajaja.


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🌿 EcoRegistros Revista - Related Articles


📖 Issue Nº 3 • Article Nº 14
✍ Francisco Lucero
12/21/2013 20:30



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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 645222
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/29/2025
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 645146
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/16/2025
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 539937
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/10/2023
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 533279
  Adult
Partido Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/23/2023
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 522665
  Adult
Ruta 11
Formosa
Argentina
12/10/2022
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 473013
  Adult
Mar Chiquita
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/10/2021
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 439142
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/18/2021
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 439067
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/18/2021
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 384279
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/08/2020
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 319847
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/06/2019
José Luis Ianiro



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
232765229/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Chiquita, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
232759516/02/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEstancia Nahuel Ruca, Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
226384109/02/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Integral Laguna de los Padres, Partido de General PueyrredónJosé Luis Ianiro
212223308/12/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresLago Mar de Cobo, Mar Chiquita4José Luis Ianiro
190156829/07/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresPuerto de San Clemente, San Clemente del Tuyú1José Luis Ianiro
181550808/07/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresAlbúfera Laguna Mar Chiquita1José Luis Ianiro
175815323/04/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Lago, Partido Mar ChiquitaJosé Luis Ianiro
178492310/02/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata48José Luis Ianiro
171504610/12/2022ArgentinaFormosaCruce con Riacho Punga (-25,927, -58,116), Ruta 11José Luis Ianiro
150628510/10/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresEstancia Nahuel Ruca, Mar Chiquita1José Luis Ianiro
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Bibliography related


Artículo Lucero, F. 2010. Aves nuevas, raras o con pocos registros para las provincias de Mendoza y San Juan. Nuestras Aves, 54: 57-62.

Artículo Lucero, F. y J. C. Chebez. 2011. Nuevas citas y ampliación de la distribución de algunas aves en las provincias de San Juan, Mendoza y La Rioja. Nótulas Faunísticas N° 71. Fundación Félix de Azara.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 19/04/2026.