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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Platalea minor

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Threskiornithidae

Genus

Platalea

Species

Platalea minor

Aves🥩 Carnivore

Black-faced Spoonbill

Platalea minor (Black-faced Spoonbill · クロツラヘラサギ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)VU (Vulnerable)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) · Natural Monument (Korea) «Black-faced Spoonbill»

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

60~78cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Shallow tidal flats, estuaries, and fish farms (breeding on small islands off the western Korean Peninsula and Liaoning)

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its body length of about 78 cm is about 2.6 times the long side of an A4 sheet of paper (29.7 cm) (Comparison).
💡 Its body length of about 78 cm is slightly shorter than a baseball bat (about 84 cm) (Comparison).
💡 It has also been reported foraging in human-made waters such as fish farms.

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#저어새#Platalea minor

📖 1. Overview

The Black-faced Spoonbill breeds on small islands off the west coast of North and South Korea and Liaoning in China, and winters on tidal flats in Jeju, Japan, southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam. It is listed as Vulnerable (VU) by the IUCN, and 5,222 birds were counted in the 2021 international census.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

It is a white waterbird 60–78 cm in body length with a long neck and legs, a large black spoon-shaped bill, and bare black facial skin. During the breeding season, its head and breast turn yellow and its head plumes lengthen.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It feeds on aquatic animals, mainly fish and shrimp, and occasionally crabs around 5 cm across. Its population fell to a few hundred in the 1990s before recovering in recent years.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

In Korea, it is Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) and was designated as a Natural Monument (Korea) on May 31, 1968. Its breeding grounds lie on small islands off the west coast of North and South Korea, and in winter it can also be seen in southern Korea and Jeju.