Royal spoonbill

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A royal spoonbill using its strange looking bill with remarkable dexterity to glean something, perhaps invertebrates, from the leaves of a small, partially submerged mangrove seedling.

Scientific name:	Platalea regia
Common name(s):	royal spoonbill, kotuku-ngutupapa
Location:	Miranda, Firth of Thanmes, New Zealand (NZ)
Photo ID:	15581
Keywords:	Ciconiiformes ; Threskiornithidae ; Platalea regia ; wetland bird