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Eurasian Spoonbill

Eurasian Spoonbill - Juvenile

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Tejina-Bajamar, La Laguna, Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» November, 2013

Equipment

» Pentax K-m, with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Platalea leucorodia - Eurasian Spoonbill

Bird Species (French)

»Spatule blanche

Bird Family

»Threskiornithidae - Ibises, Spoonbills

Bird Group

»Pelecaniformes Pelicans, Ibises, Spoonbills, Herons, Bitterns

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Some birds from Europe spend the winter in the Canaries, mainly in the central and eastern islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote). There are several records of ringed birds, e.g. from Holland.

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