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spoonbill
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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spoon·bill
/ ˈspoōnˌbil/
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n.
a tall mainly white or pinkish wading bird (genera Platalea and Ajaia) of the ibis family, having a long bill with a very broad flat tip.
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Spoonbill action voluntary echo: disease threatens spoonbills in Taiwan.(Earth Island in the news)
Magazine article from: Earth Island Journal; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...that the population of spoonbills is growing, but that...Humans are destroying spoonbill habitat throughout...habitat, but most of the spoonbills flock to places that...kilometers north of the spoonbills' prime habitat. Activists...International directly at spoonbill@uclink4.berkeley...
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STAR BILLING.(characteristics of the roseate spoonbill and threats to its food supply Everglades National Park)
Magazine article from: National Wildlife; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...remarked that the roseate spoonbill--a Neotropical species...the fact that some spoonbills still survived south...extinction." (Five other spoonbill species--all with...decidedly flat. Ibis and spoonbills are both tactile foragers...nerves at the tip. The spoonbill usually feeds in water...
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Code pink: the decline of the roseate spoonbill, an everglades icon, could signal an ecosystem collapse.(RARE & ENDANGERED)
Magazine article from: National Parks; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...who declared spoonbills "one of the most...birds." But a spoonbill's beauty is more...Every time a spoonbill flies overhead...old friend. When spoonbills aren't busy guarding...drastically that spoonbills could no longer...young. So the spoonbill population plummeted...
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A Sweeping Study on the Feeding Habits of the Spoonbill
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/25/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...functional elegance of the spoonbill's bill: Like an airplane...successfully resolved. The spoonbill revealed its structural secrets...with long pointed bills - spoonbills sweep their partially open...collaborated with the engineer on the spoonbill project. "Being an aerospace...
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You don't need a knife or fork when you're a Spoonbill!(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...but it works for spoonbills! TROUBLES AND HELP...fan made out of a spoonbill wing. Long ago...creatures that the spoonbills eat can't live...marshes. And without spoonbill food, the spoonbills can't live there...
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Oldest Living Roseate Spoonbill Tells All
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill; 5/12/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...How about the spoonbill?'" Spoonbills deal with human...trackers for spoonbills. Despite intense...over decades of spoonbill nesting patterns...trackers on 10 spoonbills. The satellite...onto an adult spoonbill. "By law...
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Predicting population trends of the Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor).
Magazine article from: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Chiku Black-faced Spoonbill Reserve and the Shihchu...global Black-faced Spoonbills based on existing data...habitats of Black-faced Spoonbills: Chiku Lagoon (1,700 ha), Black-faced Spoonbill Reserve (300 ha...number of Black-faced Spoonbills in Taiwan outside our...
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Dance with the Spoonbill.
Magazine article from: Earth Island Journal; 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...of lack-faced spoonbills (Platalea minor), Spoonbill Action Voluntary...of black-faced spoonbill habitats as well...wintering black-faced spoonbills in the Tsengwen...the black-faced spoonbill. Despite this good...
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Save the spoonbill.
Magazine article from: Earth Island Journal; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the black-faced spoonbill (Plataleaminor) winters...remaining 550 black-faced spoonbills migrate to this area...one-third of the spoonbill's habitat -- nudging...Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, concludes that a...established to protect spoonbill roosting and feeding...
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Researchers: Oldest Wild Spoonbill Found
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/4/2006; 501 words
; ...is the oldest wild roseate spoonbill on Tern Key, with more than...life expectancy of a Roseate Spoonbill, providing a new longevity...granddaddy of all roseate spoonbills. Researchers with Audubon...discovered the oldest wild roseate spoonbill on Tern Key, a 16-year...
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spoonbill
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...animals. The roseate spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, its plumage...feathers. The common spoonbill of Europe, Asia, and...duck is sometimes called spoonbill, and there is a spoon-billed sandpiper. Spoonbills are classified in the...
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spoonbills
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
spoonbills See CICONIIFORMES ; THRESKIORNITHIDAE .
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Threskiornithidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Threskiornithidae ( ibises , spoonbills ; class Aves , order Ciconiiformes...slender, and decurved , or (in spoonbills) long and flattened, with a spatulate...black skin on the head and neck. Spoonbills (five species of Platalea ) feed...
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Ibises
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...large wading birds such as storks, herons, flamingos, and spoonbills, in the order Ciconiiformes. Ibises, like most birds in...species of ibis share the family Threskiornithidae with the spoonbills. Ibises have a large body, long legs, and a characteristic...
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Brunei Darussalam
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
...reptiles, 3 species of amphibian, 6 species of fish, and 99 species of plants. Endangered species included the black-faced spoonbill, Sumatran rhinoceros, the Siamese crocodile, and the painted batagur. Brunei is a party to international agreements on...
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