Black-faced Spoonbill

When to see the Black-faced Spoonbill

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-faced Spoonbill

The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Cambodia, North Korea.

About the Black-faced Spoonbill

The black-faced spoonbill is a species of wading bird in the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, found in eastern Asia. This species has the most restricted distribution of the six spoonbill species, and is the only one regarded as endangered. Spoonbills are large water birds with dorso-ventrally flattened, spatulate bills; they use a tactile method of feeding, wading in the water and sweeping their beaks from side-to-side to detect prey. Confined to the coastal areas of eastern Asia, it seems that it was once common throughout its area of distribution.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipesMeasuring around 90 cm (35.5 in), the yellow-billed spoonbill has all white plumage. African SpoonbillPlatalea albaThe African spoonbill is a long-legged wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regiaThe royal spoonbill is a large, white bird with a black, spoon-shaped bill.