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Table 2 Annual counts of Black-faced Spoonbills (Platalea minor) in ten regions in January during 2004–2020

From: Migration routes, population status and important sites used by the globally threatened Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor): a synthesis of surveys and tracking studies

Year

Korea

Japan

Yangtze River Delta

Fujian Coast

Taiwan

Pearl River Delta

Hainan

Thailand

Philippines

Total

2004

23

147

22

1

633

293

62

2

NA

1198

2005

21

92

29

63

757

389

77

NA

NA

1484

2006

21

148

9

69

822

453

6

NA

NA

1602

2007

20

191

14

86

790

476

8

NA

NA

1630

2008

28

192

5

115

1030

527

11

5

NA

1962

2009

25

166

0

99

1104

460

8

NA

1

1926

2010

12

198

0

103

1280

577

7

1

0

2224

2011

14

220

3

53

834

536

57

1

0

1767

2012

17

196

57

135

1561

536

31

2

0

2570

2013

8

223

42

47

1624

485

32

1

NA

2501

2014

8

276

23

33

1658

466

36

1

0

2541

2015

14

293

13

32

2034

622

54

NA

NA

3102

2016

23

247

4

124

2060

623

77

0

1

3167

2017

18

305

54

118

2601

608

61

NA

NA

3827

2018

14

305

93

295

2191

626

66

1

3

3659

2019

23

324

188

281

2403

708

83

1

3

4079

2020

24

339

196

338

2783

726

86

NA

3

4555

  1. The ten regions were identified based on the distribution of the surveyed wintering sites during 2004–2020 conducted by HKBWS. Counts of Yangtze River Delta includes counts of Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu Province in China; counts of Fujian Coast includes counts of Fujian Province in China; counts of Pearl River Delta includes counts of Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangdong Province in China