ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIES

Black-faced Spoonbills & Kiwi Birds

They are the black-faced spoonbills!They are one of the main characters today.

Black-faced Spoonbill ---How They Got Their Name?

When Do They Come?Where Do They Settle?Near October, you can see their figure in the outlet of the rivers with time.

They usually settle down in the outlet of these rivers---Ker-Ya river, Da-Du river, Zheng-Wen river, and Guan-Du.

Taking A Bath! Get Some Fun!

Taking a bath isn’t that easy for spoonbills. Their long bills cause them problems.

Looking For Food.

They usually look for food near sunset.

All the migrant birds will work together to protect themselves at this time.

They start their long journey in March.

We have found their footprints in these area...

But where their origins are still remain a mystery.

When Do They Go Home?

Habitat pollution.

---People pour industrial discarded oil into sea and rivers.

Why They Are Endangered?

Kiwi? ...kiwi fruit?

Well, I mean the bird...

What Do They Look Like?Small, having a thick and sharp bill, besides,

they are strong in legs.

They cannot fly because their wings are already disappeared.

←An Ostrich

Where Are They?

The kiwi birds are only in Australia.

Because of the continental drift, Australia floated away from other continents very long time ago.

The animals in Australia naturally evolves differently compared to other animals in other continents.

How They Behave?

Lazy, they can sleep up to 20 hours a day.

Shy, and only act in the nighttime.

Have sensitive noses, they rely on their noses to find food under the ground.

They only lie one egg each time.

They walk slowly and are not really harmful.

Why Are They Endangered?

As said before, continental drift made kiwi birds lived safely in Australia.

However, things changed when European discovered Australia.

With these changes, kiwi birds are not the only species faced with extinction.

More than 40 species of bird had died off already.

Just For Fun!