Black-faced Spoonbill census by area for 29-31 January 1999

Past Statistics:
World Count, Taiwan Count and Hong Kong Count

In the early 1990s, counts were not synchronized and some individuals might be double-counted. From winter 1996/97, synchronized count have been started and counts of the spoonbill were only taken place in mid-January. This can provide the best picture of the number of the spoonbill. Numbers have been increased sharply in past few years and approximately about 11% increase per year (Dahmer and Felley in prep.). The known world numbers of the Black-faced Spoonbill have been increased three times from the 288 individuals of 1990 to 969 individuals in January 2002. However, numbers are only increased in major sites (Tsengwen Esuary, Taiwan, and Mai Po, Hong Kong) and in Japan. Numbers have decreased or fluctuated in other sites (Dahmer and Felley 2002).

Click HERE to browse the Distribution map of known wintering Black-faced Spoonbill population, January 1999 (from Dahmer and Felly 2000).

Click HERE to browse the population estimates for Black-faced Spoonbills from 1990 through 1999.

References:

Dahmer, T.D. and Felley, M.L. 2002. Summary of 2002 Winter Census of Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor, Ecosystem Ltd. Unpublished Report.

Dahmer, T.D. and Felley, M.L. in prep. Global population estimate for Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor, 1988-2001.