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Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)    Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
Rosaskestork ~ Espátula Rosada ~ Rosenskedstork
Roseate Spoonbill 1011    (1 photos)
2013-06-02    Presa la Vega (jal), Mexico

Young birds. The adults in alternate plumage have a black band across the nape. Perhaps the darker individuals are 3cy and the brighter ones 2cy. A small flock of the in all more than 80 birds that were present that day.


Roseate Spoonbill 1849    (1 photos)
2015-09-05    Laguna Atotonilco (jal), Mexico

2 adults. The bird to the left, again, shows very limited black on the nape. The other one beginning to have yellow-orange tail feathers, which indicate an immature bird.


Roseate Spoonbill 1848    (1 photos)
2015-09-05    Laguna Atotonilco (jal), Mexico

Adult with limited black nape band. Is this an indication of a subadult, a bird that doesn't breed or natural variation? Sibley depicts the adult with a very broad nape band.


Roseate Spoonbill 1847    (1 photos)
2015-09-10    Laguna Atotonilco (jal), Mexico

Juvenile bird to the right with dark tips to the primaries and the coverts.


Roseate Spoonbill 1871    (1 videos)
2015-10-11    Boca de Tomates (jal), Mexico

Adult and young bird foragering in large rain puddle in the parking lot.


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