Editing Roseate spoonbill (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Roseate spoonbill
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Pleistocene|present}}
| image = Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja JG.jpg
| image_caption = At Orlando Wetlands Park,Orange County, [[Florida]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Platalea ajaja'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22697574A93621961 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22697574A93621961.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Platalea
| species = ajaja
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| synonyms = ''Ajaia ajaja'' {{small|(Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758)}}
| range_map = Platalea ajaja map.svg
| range_map_caption = {{leftlegend|#7137C8|Year-round}}{{leftlegend|#5F8DD3|Nonbreeding}}
}}

The '''roseate spoonbill''' ('''''Platalea ajaja''''') is a social [[Wader|wading bird]] of the [[ibis]] and [[spoonbill]] family, [[Threskiornithidae]]. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America. The roseate spoonbill's pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the [[carotenoid]] pigment [[canthaxanthin]], like the [[American flamingo]].