WoRMS taxon details
Platalea Linnaeus, 1758
204341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204341)
accepted
Genus
- Species Platalea ajaja Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786
- Species Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Platalea minor Temminck & Schlegel, 1849
- Species Platalea regia Gould, 1838
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip...
Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip of mandible; narrow groove from nostril along margin of upper mandible almost to tip; face naked. Feed by sweeping bill from side to side in water. [details]
WoRMS (2026). Platalea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204341 on 2026-08-06
Date
action
by
1998-08-21 13:28:34Z
created
Depew, Lorna
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
[request]basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip of mandible; narrow groove from nostril along margin of upper mandible almost to tip; face naked. Feed by sweeping bill from side to side in water. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヘラサギ属 | [details] |
