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Photo by Julio Caldas
Photographed: Quinta do Lago - Algarve

Platalea leucorodia

[edit] Identification

Breeding adult

• Crest
• White
• Yellow breast patch
• Dark legs
• Black, yellow tipped, bill

Non-breeding

• No crest and no breast patch

Juvenile

• Black tipped primary flight feathers
• Pale bill

[edit] Distribution

Southern Eurasia, Spain to Japan, and North Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 3 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Wetlands and marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

It nests in colonies in trees or reedbeds; 4 eggs are laid.

The diet includes fish and frogs.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links