black-faced spoonbill
platalea minor latin

Some of these are globally endangered species such as Black-faced Spoonbill.

A particularly noted bird species is the Black-faced Spoonbill.

It includes the main winter habitat of the Black-faced Spoonbill, an endangered waterbird.

The endangered black-faced spoonbills come every winter as migrants and inhabit downstream near the estuary, where many other waterfowls are also found.

ARKive - images and movies of the black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)

Out of the six Platalea species within the family Threskiomithidae, the Black-faced Spoonbill is the rarest.

Where few humans dare tread, black-faced spoonbills, mandarin ducks, Amur leopards and angora goats still find refuge.

In recent years, it housed over 55,000 migrating birds, including Saunders' Gull and a quarter of the world's Black-faced Spoonbill population.

The Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one regarded as endangered.

Migratory birds, including the endangered black-faced spoonbill and the white-naped and red-crowned cranes, fly in and out, oblivious to land barriers.

In Mai Po Marshes, a quarter of the world's population of Black-faced Spoonbill can be found during migration.

During the winter months, over half of the Black-faced Spoonbill population migrates to the Chiku Wetland in southwestern Taiwan.

Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor): Found in Taiwan, China, Korea and Japan.

In addition, the demilitarized zone now offers a secure refuge for endangered migratory birds, most notably white-naped and red-crowned cranes and the black-faced spoonbill.

Entitled Lolo's Big Adventures, the series depicts a young black-faced spoonbill's migratory journeys and is aimed at educating school children on the preservation of endangered animals.

Rare animals such as the Nannophya pygmaea and Black-faced Spoonbill have been sighted in Luk Keng, as well as monkeys.

Conservation efforts have been made, and surveys were taken in order to determine the opinions and awareness of the local residents, residing close to the Black-Faced Spoonbill's natural habitats.

Some of the popular bird species in the park are the Asian Dowitcher, Nordmann's Greenshank, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, aunders's Gull and Black-faced Spoonbill.

The total number of Black-faced Spoonbill in the world are about 1000, it shows that 5% of the whole population of the species are living in Xuan Thuy National Park during the winter season.

Surveys carried out over the years by Wild Bird Society of Tainan show that almost 200 species of birds have been seen in the park area, with protected species, including the Black-faced Spoonbill, numbering 21.

More recently, sightings of Black-Faced Spoonbill birds were noted in Thailand, the Philippines, mainland China, and Macau They were classified as an endangered species through IUCN in 2005.

Yet according to World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong the number of the endangered black-faced spoonbills wintering in Mai Po has risen from roughly 35 in the late 1980s to 152 after 10 years.

Other facilities include Stream Walk, Succession Walk, Mangrove Boardwalk and three Bird Hides situated next to the fish pond, mudflat and riverside, leading visitors to venture habitats of wildlife such as Fiddler Crab, Mudskipper and the rare Black-faced Spoonbill.