Platalea flavipes Gould 1838 (yellow-billed spoonbill)

Aves - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae

Alternative combination: Platibis flavipes

Belongs to Platalea according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014 and van Tets 1974

Sister taxa: Platalea ajaja, Platalea alba, Platalea leucorodia, Platalea minor, Platalea regia, Platalea subtenuis, Ajaja chione

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platalea flavipes in the database

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