Platalea alba

Platalea alba

Hoy's Koppie

Fernkloof
Nature Reserve

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Disa atricapilla - Photo number 01701 by Christine Wakfer

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Fernkloof Nature Reserve

Common name - African Spoonbill, Lepelaar, (Roberts 95)

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Description

Large all white bird with reddish spoon-shaped bill, longer in male than in female. Conspicuous bare red face and long red legs. Seen at Kleinrivier Bird hide and inland waters where it feeds by sweeping it's partially open bill from side to side under water. Common resident

30 September - 3 October 2010

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2010 / 9 / 8