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Class Aves
Order Pelecaniformes
Family Threskiornithidae

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Platalea ajaja Linnaeus 1758—Roseate SpoonbillRegional distribution of Pleistocene Platalea ajaja

Roseate Spoonbill

Fig. 1. Roseate Spoonbills. Photograph by Lee Karney, courtesy of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Sites.

Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992).

Literature. Stock and Harris 1992.

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Plegadis chihi (Vieillot 1817)—White-faced IbisDistribution of regional fossil Plegadis chihi

Fig. 1. White-faced Ibis, watercolor by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

Watercolor of White-faced Ibis

Sites.

Mid Wisconsin: McKittrick (Jefferson 1991a); Térapa (Steadman and Mead 2010: cf.).

Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992); San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).

Literature. Guthrie 1998; Jefferson 1991a; Steadman and Mead 2010; Stock and Harris 1992.

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Last Update: 13 Jun 2014