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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Birding enthusiasts will want to visit Rip’s Rookery, a birdwatching area home to over 260 species, including the highly photographed roseate spoonbill, whose pink hue comes from eating crawfish. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025 Throughout the marshes and along sandy beaches, visitors will see pelicans wading around piers with their gular pouches full of fish, ospreys, warblers, terns, herons, egrets, black-necked stilts, and roseate spoonbills, which are a vibrant bubblegum-pink color, due to their shrimp diet. Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025 The tiny island is home to brown and white pelicans, roseate spoonbills, owls, ospreys, terns, herons, egrets, and other shore birds. 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 See All Example Sentences for roseate spoonbill

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First Known Use

circa 1785, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of roseate spoonbill was circa 1785

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“Roseate spoonbill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roseate%20spoonbill. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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