Author 'Boucher Marc dit de Meilh' (Id 188989 ) : Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) Photographed at the Park of the Birds of Villars-les-Dombes in the AIN department. This bird similar to the heron, is an aquatic and dwelling in damp, marshy ground, broad water lake, pond ; on the edge of the shoreline and in shallow water as in Camargue, for example. Marc Boucher said Meilhan.