Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (41)
- Monotypic
Jeannette V. Dumas
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2000
Text last updated January 1, 2000
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Розова лопатарка |
| Catalan | becplaner rosat |
| Croatian | ružičasta žličarka |
| Czech | kolpík růžový |
| Dutch | Rode Lepelaar |
| English | Roseate Spoonbill |
| English (United States) | Roseate Spoonbill |
| Finnish | ruusukapustahaikara |
| French | Spatule rosée |
| French (France) | Spatule rosée |
| French (Haiti) | La Spatule rosée |
| German | Rosalöffler |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Espatil |
| Icelandic | Rósaspænir |
| Japanese | ベニヘラサギ |
| Norwegian | rosenskjestork |
| Polish | warzęcha różowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | colhereiro |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | colhereiro-americano |
| Russian | Розовая колпица |
| Serbian | Ružičasti kašičar |
| Slovak | lyžičiar ružový |
| Spanish | Espátula Rosada |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Espátula Rosada |
| Spanish (Chile) | Espátula |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Espátula Rosada |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Sevilla |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cuchareta |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Cuchareta Rosada |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Espátula Rosada |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Espátula Rosada |
| Spanish (Panama) | Espátula Rosada |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Espátula rosada |
| Spanish (Peru) | Espátula Rosada |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Espátula Rosada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Espátula rosada |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Espátula Rosada |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Garza Paleta |
| Swedish | rosenskedstork |
| Turkish | Pembe Kaşıkçı |
| Ukrainian | Косар рожевий |
Platalea ajaja Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Platalea Ajaja
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.140.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'in America australi' = Rio Sao Francisco, eastern Brazil, ex Marcgrave, designated by Berlepsch, 1908, Novit. Zool., 15, p. 301.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PLATALEA
- platalea
- ajaja
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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)
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