2006Protected Birds - The Eurasian Spoonbill, WWF - World Wide Fund For Nature - Miniature Sheet

Romfilatelia, the company specialized in issuing and trading Romanian postage stamps, introduces into circulation the philatelic issue Protected Birds – The Eurasian Spoonbill, WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature).

The Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) is a water bird of passage, belonging to the Ciconiiformes order, having the size of a stork, with white feathers, long neck and legs. Its beak is flattened towards its tip, like a spoon. Both its beak and its legs are black, with a crest on the head. During the coupling period, yellow spots appear on the adults’ chest and beak tip.