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

Table 3 Breeding sites of the Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) revealed by field survey records, as well as the maximum numbers of birds recorded in summer

Site name	Region	Longitude (°E)	Latitude (°N)	Number of birds	Year	Conservation status	Resource
Gyeonggi Bay area	Gyeonggi, South Korea	126.40	37.69	652	2006	Within WDPA	NRICH (2007)
Chilsando Islet	South Jeolla, South Korea	126.41	35.35	100	2014	Partially protected	NRICH (2014)
Yuanbao Island	Liaoning, China	123.09	39.50	14	2007	Locally protected	Qiu (2007a)
Xingren Island	Liaoning, China	123.05	39.53	49 nests	2019	Locally protected	Jia et al. (2020)
Furugelma Island	Primorsky, Russia	130.92	42.46	12 pairs	2018	Unprotected	Tiunov and Katin (2020)

In South Korea, Gyeonggi Bay area currently falls within existing protected area boundaries and sites used in Chilsando Islet are partially protected. In China, Yuanbao Island and Xingren Island are shown as provincial protected areas. The partially and locally protected areas were not within the current national protected area boundary

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