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Platalea (spoonbills)
Taxonomy
Platalea was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Aves by Brisson (1760); and to Threskiornithidae by Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1981), Mlikovsky (2002), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Aves by Brisson (1760); and to Threskiornithidae by Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1981), Mlikovsky (2002), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Platalea Linnaeus p. 139 |
| 1760 | Platea Brisson |
| 1853 | Ajaja Reichenbach pp. 309-312 |
| 1856 | Platibis Bonaparte |
| 1930 | Ajaia Hay p. 298 |
| 1933 | Platalea Lambrecht p. 333 |
| 1940 | Ajaia Wetmore p. 18 |
| 1956 | Ajaia Wetmore p. 23 |
| 1981 | Platalea Olson p. 168 |
| 1995 | Ajaia Emslie |
| 2002 | Platalea Mlikovsky p. 94 |
| 2014 | Platalea del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Platalea Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Platalea Linnaeus 1758 [spoonbills]
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Platalea ajaja Linnaeus 1758 [roseate spoonbill]
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Invalid names: Platea rosea Brisson 1760 [synonym]
Platalea alba Scopoli 1786 [African spoonbill]
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Invalid names: Platalea tenuirostris Temminck 1820 [synonym]
Platalea flavipes Gould 1838 [yellow-billed spoonbill]
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian spoonbill]
Platalea minor Temminck and Schlegel 1849 [Black-faced spoonbill]
Platalea regia Gould 1838 [Royal spoonbill]
Platalea subtenuis De Vis 1892
Invalid names: Ajaja Reichenbach 1853 [synonym], Platibis Bonaparte 1856 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Terborgh et al. 1990, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.21 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.21 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) | Platalea leucorodia (22512 22545) | |
| Pleistocene | Egypt | Platalea leucorodia (21886 21888 21892) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) | Platalea leucorodia (22534) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Ajaia chione (20400) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Platalea leucorodia (197786) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Ajaia ajaja (71346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Madagascar | Platalea tenuirostris (195021) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Ajaia ajaja (190077) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Ajaia ajaja (20636) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Platalea sp., Ajaja rosea (70705) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela | Ajaja ajaja (197931 197932) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | Platalea alba (195019) | |
| Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Platibis flavipes (194979) |