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title: "Colhereiro-de-cara-preta"
description: "Platalea minor — Aves. The black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) is a species of wading bird in the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, found in eastern Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-faced-spoonbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Colhereiro-de-cara-preta

> Platalea minor — Aves. The black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) is a species of wading bird in the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, found in eastern Asia.

- Scientific name: *Platalea minor*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5524
- Wikidata: [Q494544](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494544)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3729](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3729)

## Names

- en: Black-faced Spoonbill
- de: Schwarzgesichtlöffler
- es: Espátula menor
- fr: Petite spatule
- nl: Kleine lepelaar
- pt: Colhereiro-de-cara-preta
- pl: Warzęcha mała

## Countries with the most observations

TW (1704), HK (1357), KR (746), CN (571), JP (284), MO (170), RU (53), TH (36), PH (23), VN (18)

## Summary

The black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) is a species of wading bird in the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, found in eastern Asia. This species has the most restricted distribution of the six spoonbill species, and is the only one regarded as endangered. Spoonbills are large water birds with dorso-ventrally flattened, spatulate bills; they use a tactile method of feeding, wading in the water and sweeping their beaks from side-to-side to detect prey. 
Confined to the coastal areas of eastern Asia, it seems that it was once common throughout its area of distribution. It currently breeds mostly on a few…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-faced_spoonbill

## Photo

![Colhereiro-de-cara-preta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-faced-spoonbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/366892873

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-faced-spoonbill?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).