Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Ibises and Spoonbills :: Black-faced Spoonbill

Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor

Described by: Temminck; Schlegel (1849)
Alternate common name(s): Lesser Spoonbill
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Hasaki, Ibaraki, Japan - Aug 23, 2003 © William Hull  Hasaki, Ibaraki, Japan - Aug 23, 2003 © William Hull  Hasaki, Ibaraki, Japan - Aug 23, 2003 © William Hull  Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong - Dec, 2005 © Neil Fifer  Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong - Dec, 2005 © Neil Fifer 
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Range

N. Korea and adjacent China;
Restricted range;
Ne. China in c. Manchuria (Harbin region) and Fukien, Taegamdo and Tokto Is. off w. coast of North Korea, is. in the Han River Estuary off w. coast of Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Uido Is. off Jonrapuk-do, South Korea and s. in e. China (Changshan Is. off se. Liaoning Province). Formerly bred in s. Korea on small islands off the sw. coast. Migration stop overs in Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve, Shandong, China.
Winters in se. China (coastal Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Kwangtung Provinces, Hainan) including Hong Kong (Mai Po), Japan (Honshu, Kyushu in Zuibaiji River Estuary on Hakata Bay s. to the Ryukyu Is.), South Korea (Saemangeum wetlands), Taiwan (Tsen-Wen (Tsangwen) River estuary) and Indochina (Cambodia, n. and s. Vietnam in the Red River Delta). Recorded from the Batanes Is. (Sabtang Is. 200kms s. of Taiwan) and Philippines (Luzon).

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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