Brent Stephenson / Group of Royal spoonbills (Platalea regia) roosting in a tall tree, one bird yawning. Rangaunu Harbour, Far North, New Zealand, April.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) with prey in beak, portrait, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Slimbridge, UK. This individual is one of the remaining birds from a captive rearing project undertak...

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) catching insect prey, portrait, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Slimbridge, UK. This individual is one of the remaining birds from a captive rearing project under...

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) feeding, portrait, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Slimbridge, UK. This individual is one of the remaining birds from a captive rearing project undertaken as part...

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) with insect prey in beak, portrait. One of the remaining birds from a captive rearing project undertaken as part of wider work to save this species, Wildfowl...

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) feeding, portrait. One of the remaining birds from a captive rearing project undertaken as part of wider work to save this species, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trus...

Roland Seitre / Flock of Royal spoonbills (Platalea regia) standing in shallow water, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Flock of Royal spoonbills (Platalea regia) resting in shallow water, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Royal spoonbill (Platalea regia) flying with sticks and twigs in bill, Sale, Victoria, Australia. Cropped.