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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) and 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) and 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