Roseate spoonbill
These social birds prefer to live in groups. A group of spoonbills is called a bowl. Active during the day, they forage for food in shallow bodies of water by swinging their bill from side to side while they wade through the water.
- Conservation StatusLeast Concern
- Life span10-15 years
- Body size28-34 in. tall
- Native habitat Wetlands, marshes, lagoons, and coastal regions of the Gulf Coast, Mexizo, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America
- DietCrustaceans, aquatic insects, frogs, newts, small fish