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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Platalea leucorodia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Threskiornithidae

Genus

Platalea

Species

Platalea leucorodia

Aves🥩 Carnivore

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia (Eurasian Spoonbill · ヘラサギ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) · Natural Monument (Korea) «Eurasian Spoonbill»

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

70~95cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

1.5kg · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Shallow ponds, fish farms, and shallow waters of large rivers (breeding from northwestern and southeastern Europe to northeastern China)

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its weight of about 1.5 kg is about one and a half 1 L cartons of milk (Comparison).
💡 Its body length of about 95 cm is similar to the length of an umbrella (about 90 cm) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)38

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

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📖 1. Overview

The Eurasian Spoonbill is a spoonbill that breeds from Europe to Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, northeastern China, and Ussuri, and winters in Africa, India, western Myanmar, and southeastern China. It is listed as Least Concern (LC) by the IUCN.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its body length is 70–95 cm and its weight is about 1.5 kg.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It is a carnivore that eats mainly fish and shrimp, sweeping its bill from side to side in shallow water to strain out prey. In the United Kingdom, it usually lays 3–4 eggs and incubates them for 21–25 days.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

In Korea, it is Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) and was designated as a Natural Monument (Korea) on May 31, 1968. News from the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership includes a record of 7 individuals observed on the Asan tidal flats in Chungcheongnam-do.