Platalea alba   African Spoonbill  Lepelaar
African Spoonbill in flight
Vaalwater, Aug 2018

A breeding resident. Uncommon. Single birds or in small groups occur widely but sparsely, year-round, on larger dams, especially in areas under irrigation (recorded in 17% of the Waterberg pentads). Small numbers breed colonially in winter from time to time alongside Black-headed Herons and other colonial breeders at regularly used sites.
African Spoonbill Waterberg distribution
African Spoonbill on nests
Vaalwater, Aug 2018
African Spoonbill
SwebeSwebe, Sep 2015
African Spoonbill
SwebeSwebe, Sep 2015

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