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Sighting 2458719

Platalea regia

Royal Spoonbill at Gungahlin, ACT

Platalea regia at Gungahlin, ACT - 20 Jan 2016
Platalea regia at Gungahlin, ACT - 20 Jan 2016
Platalea regia at Gungahlin, ACT - 20 Jan 2016
Platalea regia at Gungahlin, ACT - 20 Jan 2016
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Identification history

Platalea regia 9 Feb 2016 MichaelBedingfield
Platalea regia 9 Feb 2016 ArcherCallaway

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Somewhere along the SW shore. For Sample photo (img 1 crop of img 2). Recorded on ebird

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 20 Jan 2016 10:14 AM Recorded on
  • ArcherCallaway Recorded by

Species information

  • Platalea regia Scientific name
  • Royal Spoonbill Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 709m Recorded at altitude
  • 268 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information
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