Platalea minor (Black-faced Spoonbill)

Black-faced Spoonbill

Dutch: Kleine Lepelaar

Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Platalea
Species: Platalea minor




Many thanks to the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, for allowing us to photograph this specimen.

Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge)

Length: 221 mm
Length cranium: 50 mm
Width (cranium): 34 mm
Height (cranium): 34 mm
Alternative names: Schwarzgesichtlöffler (German), Petite Spatule (French), Espátula Menor (Spanish)


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