Wildlifeof Thailand
Black-faced Spoonbill
Threskiornithidae
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Platalea minor
Basic stats
Diet
Fish and aquatic invertebrates
Habitat
Tidal flats, estuaries and shallow coastal wetlands
Range
East Asia
The black-faced spoonbill is a white waterbird with bare black facial skin joining its long spoon-shaped bill; breeding adults develop a yellow chest band and crest. It breeds on small islands off East Asia and winters on tidal flats and estuaries farther south, sweeping the bill through shallow water for fish and aquatic invertebrates (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Vulnerable (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Black-faced Spoonbill eat?
- Fish and aquatic invertebrates
- What habitat does the Black-faced Spoonbill live in?
- Tidal flats, estuaries and shallow coastal wetlands
- Where is the Black-faced Spoonbill found?
- East Asia