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Platalea  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174932

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Ajaia Reichenbach, 1853
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPelecaniformes  – Pelicans, pélicans, Ibises, ibis, Herons, hérons  
                            FamilyThreskiornithidae Poche, 1904 – Ibises, Spoonbills  
                               SubfamilyPlataleinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                  GenusPlatalea Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Platalea ajaja Linnaeus, 1758 – Roseate Spoonbill, Espátula rosada, Spatule rosée 
                                     Species Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786 – African Spoonbill 
                                     Species Platalea flavipes Gould, 1838 – Yellow-billed Spoonbill 
                                     Species Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 – Eurasian Spoonbill, Spatule blanche 
                                     Species Platalea minor Temminck & Schlegel, 1849 – Black-faced Spoonbill 
                                     Species Platalea regia Gould, 1838 – Royal Spoonbill 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Platalea    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Platalea   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.01.25, website (version 25-Jan-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Platalea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Forty-third supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 119, no. 3   
  Page(s): 897-906   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
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  Reference for: Platalea   
       

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