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Table 6 Number (and proportion) of all the tracked individuals using each of the wintering survey areas, compared to the numbers detected at each during the 2020 winter counts of Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor)

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

ID

Wintering site

Number of tracked birds

Corresponding survey area

Number of surveyed population

1

Japan

2 (8%)

Japan

339 (7%)

2

Yangtze River Delta

6 (25%)

Jiangsu & Zhejiang & Shanghai

196 (4%)

3

Fujian Coast

3 (13%)

Fujian

338 (7%)

4

Pearl River Delta

2 (8%)

Hong Kong/Shenzhen & Guangdong & Macau

726 (16%)

5

Taiwan

5 (21%)

Taiwan

2783 (61%)

6

Other coastal area

0 (0%)

Hainan & Philippines & Thailand & Vietnam & Korea

173 (4%)

7

Inland China

5 (21%)

NA

NA

8

Inland Southeast Asia

1 (4%)

NA

NA

 

Total

24

 

4555

  1. The information on tracked birds was based upon data from 24 birds with complete autumn migration from the published literature (see “Methods” for details). The wintering counts were derived from field survey results in 2020 coordinated by the HKBWS