The genome sequence of the Eurasian Spoonbill, <i>Platalea leucorodia</i> Linnaeus, 1758 (Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae)

We present a genome assembly from an individual female <i>Platalea leucorodia</i> (Eurasian Spoonbill; Chordata; Aves; Pelecaniformes; Threskiornithidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1 345.83 megabases and 1 190.44 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (95.57%) is scaffolded into 37 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 17.15 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.