African Spoonbill

African spoonbill ( Platalea alba)

The spoonbill ( Platalea alba), also known as African Spoonbill or Rosenfußlöffler, is a wading bird of the subfamily of Löffler ( Plataleinae ).

African spoonbill reach a body length of 73 -90cm. You can reach a weight of up to two kilograms. The partial migrant living in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, where they are common birds.

The body plumage of birds is white, legs and forehead are red. Their name from the birds of the broad, spoon-shaped beak. As the related with it birds of the genus platalea he also varies the beak in the water back and forth. Bring him the thus generated flow fish in, he grabs them quickly.