Taxonomy Eurasian spoonbill



juvenile in holes bay, dorset, england


a study of mitochondrial dna of spoonbills found eurasian spoonbill sister taxon clade containing royal , black-faced spoonbills.



a eurasian spoonbill in bharatpur bird sanctuary, rajasthan,india



egg, collection museum wiesbaden, germany


the eurasian spoonbill has 3 subspecies:



p. l. leucorodia – linnaeus, 1758: nominate, occupies range except below.
p. l. balsaci – naurois & roux, 1974: found on islands off banc d arguin, mauritania.
p. l. archeri – neumann, 1928: found on coasts of red sea , somalia.

birds in asia separated p. l. major.








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