African Spoonbill Platalea alba

The African Spoonbill is a wading bird prevalent throughout Africa. (The Eurasian/Common Spoonbill is found in northeast Africa as well as through most of continental Europe and most of Asia.)

The African can be distinguished from the Eurasian/Common Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) by its pink face and on some birds also pink or partly pink legs rather than white face and black legs.

It also has pink edging rather than a yellow tip to its grey or pink-grey bill.

African Spoonbills in flight