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- Other migrants which may be seen include Eurasian spoonbill ( " Platalea alba " ), Mediterranean gull ( " Larus melanocephalus " ) and black tern ( " Chlidonias niger " ) and many passerines.
- They felt the genetic evidence meant it was equally valid to consider all six to be classified within the genus " Platalea " or alternatively the two placed in the monotypic genera " Platibis " and " Ajaja " respectively.
- The "'yellow-billed spoonbill "'( " Platalea flavipes " ) is common in southeast Australia; it is not unusual on the remainder of the continent, and is a vagrant to New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
- Wading birds, such as roseate spoonbills ( " Platalea ajaja " ), egrets, and tricolored herons ( " Egretta tricolor " ) use the mangroves as a nursery, due to the proximity of food sources and the protection offered from most prey.
- However, snowy egrets ( " Egretta thula " ), roseate spoonbills ( " Platalea ajaja " ), and reddish egrets ( " Egretta rufescens " ) were hunted to the brink of extinction for the colorful feathers used in women's hats.
- The reservoirs harbor several species of bird including Oriental darter " Anhinga melanogaster ", spot-billed pelican " Pelecanus philippensis ", Asian openbill " Anastomus oscitans ", black-headed ibis " Threskiornis melanocephalus ", and Eurasian spoonbill " Platalea leucorodia ".
- Thousands of flamingos in their breeding plumage, common cranes ( " Grus grus " ) and other wetland birds including hundreds of painted storks ( " Mycteria leucocephala " ) and Eurasian spoonbills ( " Platalea leucorodia " ) among others can be spotted in the larger of these seasonal wetlands of the Banni.
- Aquatic fauna include : painted ( Pseudoplatystoma corruscans ) ja?( Paulicea luetkeni ), armed ( Pterodoras granular ), gold ( Salminus maxillosus ), pacu ( piractus mesopotamicus ) and avifauna is cited : jabiru ( Jabiru mycteria ), ja?( Cryptrellus undulatus ), curassow ( Crax fasciolata ), American spoonbill ( Platalea ajaja ) and Jacana ( Jacana jacana ).
- Excellent feeding locations for birds, sloughs in the Everglades attract a great variety of waders such as herons, egrets, roseate spoonbills ( " Platalea ajaja " ), ibises and brown pelicans ( " Pelecanus occidentalis " ), as well as limpkins ( " Aramus guarauna " ) and snail kites that eat apple snails, which in turn feed on the sawgrass.
- More than half of these nesting species ( 110 ) are water birds, 22 of which are rare and endangered and are listed on the Red Data Books of Kazakhstan and IUCN . These include the Dalmatian Pelican ( " Pelecanus crispus " ), the Eurasian Spoonbill ( " Platalea leucorodia " ), the Greater Flamingo ( " Phoenicopterus roseus " ) and the Ferruginous Duck ( " Aythya nyroca " ), among others.