Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Eloïsa Matheu, Josep del Hoyo, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 26, 2014
Text last updated June 26, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Кралска лопатарка |
| Catalan | becplaner reial |
| Czech | kolpík královský |
| Dutch | Koningslepelaar |
| English | Royal Spoonbill |
| English (United States) | Royal Spoonbill |
| Finnish | australiankapustahaikara |
| French | Spatule royale |
| French (France) | Spatule royale |
| German | Königslöffler |
| Icelandic | Krummaspænir |
| Indonesian | Ibis-sendok raja |
| Japanese | オーストラリアヘラサギ |
| Norwegian | kongeskjestork |
| Polish | warzęcha królewska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Colhereiro-real |
| Russian | Королевская колпица |
| Serbian | Crnokljuni australijski kašičar |
| Slovak | lyžičiar kráľovský |
| Spanish | Espátula Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Espátula real |
| Swedish | australisk skedstork |
| Turkish | Kara Yüzlü Kaşıkçı |
| Ukrainian | Косар королівський |
Platalea regia Gould, 1838
PROTONYM:
Platalea regia
Gould, 1838. A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent islands pt4 App., p.7.
TYPE LOCALITY:
east coast of New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PLATALEA
- platalea
- regia
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Royal Spoonbill
