Roseate spoonbill

Roseate spoonbill Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
At Myakka River State Park, Sarasota County, Florida
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Threskiornithidae
Genus:	Platalea
Species:	P. ajaja
Binomial name
Platalea ajaja Linnaeus, 1758
Year-round   Nonbreeding
Synonyms
Ajaia ajaja (Linnaeus, 1758)

The roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America. The roseate spoonbill's pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin, like the American flamingo.