Wintering and Migration of Black-faced Spoonbill in Xinghua Bay,Fujian Province
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    Xinghua Bay in Fujian Province is one of the most important wintering sites of Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) in mainland China. About 40 to 60 birds estimated wintered in Jiangjing Huaqiao Farm in northeast of Xinghua Bay for 4 years from 2005 to 2008. The most population size was recorded in the winter 2007. The Spoonbills formed group and mainly inhabited in aquaculture ponds around 320 hm2 in size. Among the 7 major behavior types, resting was most frequent recorded (80%), maintenance was around 10%, while other behavior type, such as "foraging", were very low. It indicated that aquaculture ponds were the important rest site of Spoonbills in daytime. As a crucial stopover of Black-faced Spoonbill, the bird migrated to south in the period from November 3rd to December 12th in 2007, and left for north from March 8th to April 20th in 2008. The number of birds stopped off was about 136 in autumn migration and 226 in spring migration. Individuals with breeding plumage were over 60% of the whole population in spring migration period. We suggest that manage the intertidal mudflats and artificial aquaculture ponds of Xinghua Bay scientifically to promote the conservation for Black-faced Spoonbill.

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JIN Jie-Feng, LIU Bo-Feng, YU Xi, LU Chang-Hu. 2009. Wintering and Migration of Black-faced Spoonbill in Xinghua Bay, Fujian Province. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 44(1): 47-53.

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  • Received:August 19,2008
  • Revised:November 03,2008
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