Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (53)
- Subspecies (3)
Eloïsa Matheu, Josep del Hoyo, David Christie, Ernest Garcia, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 6, 2016
Text last updated May 6, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Ҫafka sqeplugë |
| Arabic | أبو ملعقة الأوراسي |
| Armenian | Տարգալակտուց |
| Asturian | Paletñn euroasiñticu |
| Azerbaijani | Ərsindimdik |
| Basque | Mokozabal zuria |
| Bulgarian | Бяла лопатарка |
| Catalan | becplaner comú |
| Chinese | 白琵鷺 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白琵鷺 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白琵鹭 |
| Croatian | žličarka |
| Czech | kolpík bílý |
| Danish | Skestork |
| Dutch | Lepelaar |
| English | Eurasian Spoonbill |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Spoonbill |
| Faroese | Spónnev |
| Finnish | kapustahaikara |
| French | Spatule blanche |
| French (France) | Spatule blanche |
| Galician | Cullereiro común |
| German | Löffler |
| Greek | Χουλιαρομύτα |
| Gujarati | ચમચો |
| Hebrew | כפן |
| Hungarian | Kanalasgém |
| Icelandic | Flatnefur |
| Italian | Spatola |
| Japanese | ヘラサギ |
| Kannada | ಚಮಚದ ಕೊಕ್ಕು |
| Korean | 노랑부리저어새 |
| Latvian | Karošknābis |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji girnovė |
| Malayalam | ചട്ടുകക്കൊക്കൻ |
| Marathi | चमच्या |
| Mongolian | Халбаган хошуут |
| Norwegian | skjestork |
| Persian | کفچه نوک |
| Polish | warzęcha |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | colhereiro-europeu |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Colhereiro |
| Romanian | Lopătar |
| Russian | Колпица |
| Serbian | Kašičar |
| Slovak | lyžičiar biely |
| Slovenian | Žličarka |
| Spanish | Espátula Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Espátula común |
| Swedish | skedstork |
| Thai | นกปากช้อนหน้าขาว |
| Turkish | Kaşıkçı |
| Ukrainian | Косар білий |
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Platalea Leucorodia
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.139.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 57.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PLATALEA
- platalea
- leucorodia
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Eurasian Spoonbill
