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76 cm. Smallish, white spoonbill with blackish bill and face. | 76 cm. Smallish, white spoonbill with blackish bill and face. | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 13 November 2008
- Platalea minor
Identification
76 cm. Smallish, white spoonbill with blackish bill and face.
Similar species: The Eurasian Spoonbill P. leucorodia is larger, has yellow tip to bill and white face.
Distribution
Platalea minor breeds on islets off the west coast of North Korea and South Korea, and Liaoning province in mainland China. Birds have been reported in the Tumen estuary of Russia, but breeding has not been proven. The three major wintering sites are the Tsengwen estuary of Taiwan (China) , the Deep Bay area of Hong Kong (China), and the Red River delta, Vietnam. It also winters in Cheju, South Korea, Kyushu and Okinawa, Japan, and Yancheng and Hainan, China, and there are recent records from Thailand, the Philippines and Macau (China).
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
It breeds in mixed colonies on small islands. It winters on tidal mudflats.
Behaviour
They nest on cliffs; 3 eggs are laid. The young fledge after 5 weeks.
The diet includes small fish, crabs and shrimp.
