Black-faced spoonbill
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| phylum | Chordata | The Black-faced Spoonbill has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one regarded as endangered. Spoonbills are large water birds with dorso-ventrally flattened, spatulate bills. These birds use a tactile method of feeding, wading in the water and sweeping their beaks from side-to-side to detect prey.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Pelecaniformes | |
| family | Threskiornithidae | |
| genus | Platalea | |
| species | P. minor |
