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Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
Order
CICONIIFORMES
– Family
THRESKIORNITHIDAE
Authors: Dumas, Jeannette V.

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Acknowledgments

I thank J. Ogden, C. Thompson, and the staff of BNA for constructive review. For helpful insights, unpublished data, and information, I am indebted to R. Paul and J. Lorenz. I also thank R. Bjork, S. Cardiff, R. Davis, P. Frederick, G. Jackson, M. Lange, K. Mizell, T. Schiefer, R. Smith, A. Sprunt IV, D. Stokes, and W. Vermillion. I thank the Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Library, University of Michigan, and the Ewell Sale Stewart Library, Academy of Natural Sciences. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Robert Porter Allen.