Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyThreskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)
- GenusPlatalea (Spoonbills)
- SpeciesPlatalea ajaja (Roseate Spoonbill)
Closest Relatives at Cahuita National Park
Green Ibis
Mesembrinibis cayennensis
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Roseate Spoonbill at Cahuita National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there