Black-faced Spoonbill

Platalea minor

Endangered

The Black-faced Spoonbill is a wetland bird of China and East Asia. It feeds in shallow water, mud, reeds, or wet grassland on fish, frogs, crustaceans, insects, or other small animals, using patient stalking, probing, sweeping, or quick strikes depending on its bill shape.

Family

Threskiornithidae

Group

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Range

Black-faced Spoonbill Range — Resident or seasonal range in China and East Asia

Population

≈ 6K-7K

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