African Spoonbill Standing On A Wetlands Bank In Chobe National Park In Botswana, Africa. Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Pictured is an African spoonbill, binomial name Patalea alba, standing on a wetlands bank in Chobe National Park in Botswana, Africa. It lives in marshy wetlands with some open shallow water and nests in colonies in trees or reedbeds. Long legs and thin, pointed toes enable it to walk easily through varying depths of water. It feeds in shallow water and fishes for various fish, molluscs, amphibians, crustaceans and insects using its open bill to catch foods by swinging side to side.