Black-fronted spoonbill
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Black- fronted spoonbill ( Platalea minor ) |
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The black-faced spoonbill ( Platalea minor ) is an extremely rare species of bird in the family of ibises and spoonbills (Threskiornithidae).
description
Black-fronted spoonbills reach a body length of 60 to 78.5 cm, a weight of up to 1228 g and a wingspan of up to 110 cm. Adult animals have a black beak, a red iris , the black on the feathers of the wings is missing. Birds in the first winter have pale bills, their irises are brown. The plumage and face of this bird are white, the legs black.
distribution
The black-fronted spoonbill breeds on islands off the west coast of Korea and China . The wintering area is in Japan , Taiwan , the People's Republic of China ( Hong Kong , Macau and other areas), Vietnam and South Korea .
Way of life
The food mainly consists of fish up to 20 cm long, shellfish , insects and crustaceans such as crabs and prawns .
Danger
Due to hunting, habitat destruction and environmental pollution, the population reached its lowest level between 1988 and 1990 with 288 specimens. In 2001, after successful conservation efforts, the species was downgraded from “Imminent Endangered” to “Endangered” in the Red List . A count resulted in 969 individual birds, the bird protection organization BirdLife International counted 1475 individual animals in 2005.
The black-fronted spoonbill aroused media interest in 2002/2003 due to a mass death. Exceptionally high winter temperatures had led to several outbreaks of the dreaded avian botulism in Taiwan . The deadly bacteria develop mainly in over-fertilized waters. 73 birds died of the bacteria, which corresponds to seven percent of the world population.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b E. Matheu, J. del Hoyo, GM Kirwan (2019): Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie, E. de Juana (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ( Online )
- ↑ Cornelis Swennen, Yat-tung Yu: Notes on feeding structures of the Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor. In: Ornithologica Science 3, 2004, pp. 119-124. ( Online )
Web links
- Platalea minor in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN , 2015. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved on February 2, 2016th
- ARKive - pictures and videos of the black- fronted spoonbill ( Platalea minor ) (Engl.)
- BirdLife Species Factsheet (Engl.)
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Platalea minor in the Internet Bird Collection