Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
About the Roseate Spoonbill
The roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) is a social wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America. The roseate spoonbill's pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin, like the American flamingo.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 32 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, United States in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.