Taiwan’s black-faced spoonbill population growsBy Tsai Wen-chu / Staff reporterThe worldwide population of black-faced spoonbills has surpassed 7,700 birds, with Taiwan recording 4,719 — an all-time high, the Tainan Wild Bird Society said yesterday. The International Black-faced Spoonbill Census, released on Friday by the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society on the eve of this year’s “Black-faced Spoonbill Day,” showed a total of 7,746 birds recorded worldwide. Taiwan’s 4,719 birds was an increase of 550 from last year, a historical high and representing 60.9 percent of the global black-faced spoonbill population, the census showed. A black-faced spoonbill is pictured in Tainan in an undated photograph. Starting this year, the third Saturday of March has been designated “Black-faced Spoonbill Day,” the Tainan Bird Society said.

Source: Taipei Times March 22, 2026 17:13 UTC