| Description 85 cm. Very charasteric bird and unmistakable by its spatula-shaped black bill, which is yellow at end. Its entire body is covered by dazzling white plumage. Its head ochre on chin and base of neck. The Spoonbill has long, thick black legs. In Hungary it's migrant and breeds in the reedbeds of larger marshes and fishponds (e.g. in Hortobágy, Kiskunság, Southern Great Plain, Lake Velence, Kis-Balaton, Lake Ferto) and less frequently also in floodplain forests (e.g. Lake Tisza). Habitat Marshes, shallow wetlands, reeds, sheltered estuaries Can be found in the following IBAs 03 Lake Fertő 04 Kis-Balaton 12 Lake Velence and Dinnyés marshes 23 Lake Kolon 24 Flood-plain at Tiszaalpár 26 Pusztaszer Landscape Protection Area 30 Biharugra fish-ponds 32 Hortobágy 37 Borsodi Mezőség 39 Bodrog flood-plain (Bodrogzug) | _231x300.JPG)
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