Birds in Mai Po Wetland (II) 米埔濕地雀鳥 (二)

Black-faced Spoonbill

黑臉琵鷺

The Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) is a large white wading bird with a distinctively shaped beak-looking like a spoon, or a “pi pa” (Chinese musical instrument). The facial skin is bare and black in colour - hence its name. It stands about 76cm high and weighs about 1kg.

Black-faced Spoonbills breed between March and September on small islands along the western coast of the Korean Peninsular to Liaoning Province, China. The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea where human access is restricted is the biggest and most successful breeding area.

黑臉琵鷺是大型涉禽，身上長滿白色羽飾，鳥喙形狀獨特，成匙狀，又似琵琶，臉呈黑色，皮膚裸露，因而得名。體長約76厘米，約重一公斤。

黑臉琵鷺在3月至9月期間，只於南北韓西部海岸至中國遼寧省之間的小島上繁殖。當中以限制人類進入的南北韓休戰區是最大和最成功的繁殖區。

In winter, Black-faced Spoonbill migrate southward to their wintering grounds. Confirmed wintering sites include: coastal areas in Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. Taiwan and the Pearl River Delta area (Mai Po & Inner Deep Bay, Futian Nature Reserve and Macau) are the main wintering sites of Black-faced Spoonbill; together they support over 60% of the wintering population

黑臉琵鷺在冬天南遷至越冬地，已確認的越冬地包括中國大陸、日本、南韓、台灣、香港、澳門、越南、泰國和菲律賓的沿岸地區。其中台灣和珠三角區（米埔后海灣、福田自然保護區和澳門）是黑臉琵鷺的主要越冬地，越冬種群佔全球總群超過六成。