Roseate Spoonbills forage by wading through shallow water, sweeping their partly open, spoon-shaped bills from side to side to detect prey by feel. Their diet consists mainly of small fish, shrimp, crayfish, and other small invertebrates and insects, which they scoop up and swallow whole. Their distinctive pink color comes from the carotenes in the crustaceans they eat.
Roseate Spoonbills forage by wading through shallow water, sweeping their partly open, spoon-shaped bills from side to side to detect prey by feel. Their diet consists mainly of small fish, shrimp, crayfish, and other small invertebrates and insects, which they scoop up and swallow whole. Their distinctive pink color comes from the carotenes in the crustaceans they eat.