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 EN    Black-faced Spoonbill* Id (Atlas):
    Platalea minor

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Black-faced Spoonbill, Lesser Spoonbill

Family
Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)

Size
60 - 79 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck & Schlegel, 1849

Habitat
Mudflats and salt flats, sea-cliffs and rocky offshore islands.

Range (Guide)
Cambodia (E) (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB), Hong Kong (China) (NB), Japan (NB), Macao (China) (NB), North Korea (B), Russia (Asian) (NB), South Korea (B) (NB), Taiwan (China) (NB), Thailand (NB), Vietnam (NB).

Vagrant to Brunei Darussalam, Philippines (NB).

Formerly more widespread in eastern Asia, range now much reduced; breeding only known from northern Korea, though also suspected in north-eastern China. Winters in northern Viet Nam, southern China and Taiwan, occasionally in Japan.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,700 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction through convertion of many coastal wetlands into aquaculture ponds and industrial estates is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Generally silent. A guttural 'ubuu ubuu' in the breeding season.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) [XC134758]
     by id from Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan (call)

Subspecies
Considered by some to form superspecies with Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) and Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia).

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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