Template:Did you know nominations/Yellow-billed Spoonbill

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:07, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

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• ... that in Australia, the Yellow-billed Spoonbill (pictured) has a bill which works like a forceps while the Royal Spoonbill's bill works more like a pair of tongs?

• Reviewed: Manuel Antonio de Rivas

5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Self nom at 06:12, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

• Presumably their bills work in the same way whether they are in Australia or not. And why is there any value in comparing it to the Royal Spoonbill particularly? Yomangani^talk 19:30, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

• Age, length, neutrality, sources are OK. No copyvio, plagiarism or close paraphrasing. Hook would appear likely to be supported by the article for which only the abstract is viewable, but see my preceding comment regarding the hook itself. Picture is OK but not used in the article. Aside from the hook this is ready to go. Yomangani^talk 22:32, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

• Aah, they are just the two spoonbills found in Australia. I would have added "other spoonbills" if I could find one. I have another idea which I will add later today. Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:30, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

ALT1... that the Yellow-billed Spoonbill (pictured) has a row of small knobs inside its bill which detect vibration?

Yes, with Alt1 Yomangani^talk 11:59, 22 August 2011 (UTC)