Royal Spoonbill

Order Ciconiiformes; Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises & Spoonbills); Scientific name: Platalea regia; Common name: Royal Spoonbill - Distribution in Australia: present in all mainland states and territories, mostly in the north, east, and south-east east, and in northern Tasmania; absent in most of Western Australia except the Kimberley, the south-western Northern Territory and western South Australia - Distribution outside Australia: New Zealand, Solomon Islands, southern New Guinea and Indonesia.