roseate spoonbill
noun
: a spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) that is found from the southern U.S. to Patagonia and has chiefly pink plumage
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The tiny island is home to brown and white pelicans, roseate spoonbills, owls, ospreys, terns, herons, egrets, and other shore birds.
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Kara Franker, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
The brilliant pink roseate spoonbills and scores of other birds at Orlando Wetlands park.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
And a menagerie of wildlife, from scarlet-colored roseate spoonbills to marsh rabbits, disappear.
—Patrick Farrell, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2024
The state park is listed on the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail, so be on the lookout for a variety of shorebirds on the beach, great blue herons, tricolored herons, wood storks, roseate spoonbills, osprey, bald eagles, owls and songbirds within the maritime hammock.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2024
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Kara Franker, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
The brilliant pink roseate spoonbills and scores of other birds at Orlando Wetlands park.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
And a menagerie of wildlife, from scarlet-colored roseate spoonbills to marsh rabbits, disappear.
—Patrick Farrell, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2024
The state park is listed on the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail, so be on the lookout for a variety of shorebirds on the beach, great blue herons, tricolored herons, wood storks, roseate spoonbills, osprey, bald eagles, owls and songbirds within the maritime hammock.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2024
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“Roseate spoonbill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roseate%20spoonbill. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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