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Roseate spoonbill
The
roseate spoonbill
(
Platalea ajaja
) (sometimes placed in its own genus
Ajaja
) is a gregarious
wading bird
of the
ibis
and
spoonbill
family,
Threskiornithidae
. It is a resident breeder in
South America
mostly east of the
Andes
, and in coastal regions of the
Caribbean
,
Central America
,
Mexico
, the
Gulf Coast of the United States
and on central Florida's Atlantic coast
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
adjoined with
NASA
Kennedy Space Center
.
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