Habitat
Large, shallow inland waters, including lakes and rivers, seasonal and permanent pans, marshes, flood plains, sewage works, reservoirs and artificial ponds. Less often occurring at coastal lagoons, salt-pans, creeks and estuaries.
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) [XC429500]
by Lynette Rudman from Lake Manyara National Park, road loop to lake, Babati, Arusha, Tanzania (flight noise from wings)
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) [XC530477]
by Tony Archer from Kruger Park (near Kruger National Park), Mopani, Limpopo, South Africa (call)
Nest
Flat oval platform composed of sticks and reeds situated over water on partly submerged trees, in bushes or reeds, on the ground on rocky islets or on rocky ledges. In colonies.