Animals: Black-Faced Spoonbills

These sites are about black-faced spoonbills, a species of wetland birds living along eastern Asia’s coastline. Learn about their physical characteristics, behavior, present status, distribution, and migration patterns. Find out the threats they face and the steps that have been taken to conserve them. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on endangered species.

Grades

• 4,
• 5,
• 6,
• 7,
• 8

Links

• Arkive: Black-Faced Spoonbill

  This site provides factual information, videos, and photos of the black-faced spoonbill. A fact sheet may be printed.

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• Spoonbill Case

  Read about the proposed Binnan Industrial Project in Tainan, and how it would have impacted the spoonbill population.

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• Rare Bird: Black-faced Spoonbill

  This page contains facts about the black-faced spoonbill, its rarity, and a picture.

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• Black-faced Spoonbill Recovery Falters

  Here is an article about declines in the black-faced spoonbill population.

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• The Plight of the Spoonbill: When Industry and Ecology Collide

  This article is about the dilemma of conserving Chiku Lagoon where spoonbills live. NOTE: This site contains ads.

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• Birding in Taiwan: Black-faced Spoonbill

  Here is an easy-to-read article about the black-faced spoonbill with several photographs.

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• ARKive: Black-faced Spoonbill

  This site has pictures of black-faced spoonbills.

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• National Wildlife Federation: Case of the Disappearing Spoonbills

  This is a magazine article about some of the threats to black-faced spoonbills' survival. Includes photographs.

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• 7th Annual Spoonbill Migration

  Read about University of California, Berkeley, Professor Randolph Hester's efforts to save the black-faced spoonbill.

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• eThemes Resource: Animals: Endangered Species

  These sites have descriptions of endangered species and include explanations for why certain animals are in peril. There are graphic organizers and Venn diagrams. Includes links to many eThemes Resources on habitats and specific endangered animals, such as lemurs, cheetahs, chimpanzees, tigers, and more.

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Education Standards

• AR
  • LS.4.4.1
• ME
  • E1.a
  • E1.d
  • E5.d
• MO
  • 1.1
  • 1.10
  • 1.4
  • 1.6
  • 1.7
  • 1.8
  • 2
  • 2.1
  • 2.2
  • 2.3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3.1
  • 3.1.A.a
  • 3.1.D.a
  • 3.1.D.a
  • 3.1.E.c
  • 3.1.E.d
  • 3.6
  • 3.7
  • 3.8
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4.1.A.b
  • 4.3.C.b
  • 4.3.C.d
  • 5
  • 8
• NV
  • L.5.A.1
  • L.5.B.1
  • L.5.C.5
  • L.5.D.1
• UT
  • IV.2.d
  • V.2.b
  • V.2.c
  • V.2.d
  • V.3.a
• OK
  • C.3.1
  • C.3.2
  • C.3.3
• DE
  • 1.1.32
  • 1.1.55
  • 6.1.3
  • 7.2.7
• IL
  • 12.4.02
  • 12.4.04
  • 12.4.08
  • 12.4.09
  • 12.4.10
  • 12.7.31

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Created: July 28, 2003 at 02:41 | Updated: May 14, 2013 at 18:18