This species belongs to the genus Platalea, the  spoonbill half of the family Threskiornithidae.

该物种属于 Platalea 属，琵鹭属 Threskiornithidae 的一半。

This is the only species of spoonbill  found in the Western Hemisphere.

这是在西半球发现的唯一一种琵鹭。

Their spoonbill cousins live across  the pond, from England to Australia.

他们的琵鹭表亲生活在池塘对岸，从英国到澳大利亚。

The spoonbill's size is somewhere between  the flamingo and the scarlet ibis.

琵鹭的体型介于火烈鸟和朱鹮之间。

Despite being lighter than a chihuahua,   roseate spoonbills are almost 10 times taller.

尽管比吉娃娃轻，玫瑰琵鹭的身高几乎是吉娃娃的 10 倍。

Speaking of breeding, these birds will migrate  to nesting grounds filled with large numbers of other Roseate spoonbills.

说到繁殖，这些鸟类会迁徙到有大量其他玫瑰琵鹭的筑巢地。

They'll even hang out with spoonbills, herons and ducks to have more eyes on the  sky (to up their numbers against predators).

他们甚至会和琵鹭、苍鹭和鸭子一起出去玩，以便有更多的眼睛盯着天空（以增加他们的数量来对抗捕食者）。

You know the other seabirds were herring about it, maybe thinking ibises been there if they were sea gullible enough to think dartering in would fit the spoonbill.

你知道其他海鸟都围着它，可能考虑到白鹮在那，如果他们是海鸥，容易认为飞镖会适合琵鹭。

Spoonbills are ingesting the carotenoid  a red pigment called canthaxanthin, which can be found in shrimp, crustaceans,   and algae.

琵鹭正在摄取类胡萝卜素，一种叫做角黄素的红色素，存在于虾、甲壳类动物和藻类中。

To catch food, the spoonbill will hang its  head down in the water and sweep its bill from side to side.

为了捕捉食物，琵鹭会将头垂在水中，并左右扫动它的喙。