roseate spoonbill
noun
: a spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) that is found from the southern U.S. to Patagonia and has chiefly pink plumage
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For a special treat, hire a charter and head out to Queen Bess Island to see thousands of nesting brown pelicans, as well as tri-colored herons, great egrets, royal terns, and the elusive roseate spoonbill.
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Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
The abundant birdlife also includes ospreys, warblers, terns, herons, egrets, black-necked stilts, and roseate spoonbills, which are a vibrant bubblegum-pink color, due to their shrimp diet.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
In 2018 and 2021, more than 100,000 pairs of wading birds such as white ibis, wood storks and roseate spoonbills nested in the Everglades.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
Pretty in pink: This stunning picture of a flock of roseate spoonbills soaring over a shark took the top prize in the 2025 Mangrove Photography Awards — but the serene image tells a bigger story.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
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Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
The abundant birdlife also includes ospreys, warblers, terns, herons, egrets, black-necked stilts, and roseate spoonbills, which are a vibrant bubblegum-pink color, due to their shrimp diet.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
In 2018 and 2021, more than 100,000 pairs of wading birds such as white ibis, wood storks and roseate spoonbills nested in the Everglades.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
Pretty in pink: This stunning picture of a flock of roseate spoonbills soaring over a shark took the top prize in the 2025 Mangrove Photography Awards — but the serene image tells a bigger story.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
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