The Black-faced Spoonbill is 74 cm in length, and is a Class 1 protected species. Approximately 60% of the world’s Black-faced Spoonbills spend the winter near the mouth of the Tsengwen River in Southern Taiwan. Found only in East Asia, the surviving members of this species number around 700. The International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP) lists the Black-faced Spoonbill as an endangered species.