Platalea regia
Royal Spoonbill at Shoal Point, QLD
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| Platalea regia | Liam.m | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| Platalea regia | CarbonAI | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| Platalea regia | Petesteamer | 8 Sep 2024 |
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User's notes
About 12 birds congregating on a large shallow wetland area with reeds and long grass around the margins. In the company of many other species of water birds
1 comment
8 Sep 2024
Hi @Petesteamer, the first image is an egret, not a spoonbill, so could you please remove it? Thanks, Liam
Location information
- Coordinates 149.137188-21.002898
- Places Shoal Point, QLD
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 27 Jul 2024 01:40 PM Recorded on
- Petesteamer Recorded by
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Species information
- Platalea regia Scientific name
- Royal Spoonbill Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 722m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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Was this a nesting or breeding site?
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Record quality
Quality score
3 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Additional attributes