common spoonbill; Eurasian spoonbill
A large white wading bird with a distinctive spoon-shaped bill. Scientific name: Platalea leucorodia.
The spoonbill has a bill shaped like a spatula.
I spotted a spoonbill in the wetlands.
The name へらさぎ combines へら (spatula) and さぎ (heron), referring to the bird's distinctive spatula-shaped bill.