Movements And Biometrics Of Black-Faced Spoonbills Platalea Minor At Mai Po, Hong Kong In Spring 1998

Thirteen Black-faced Spoonbills Platalea minor were caught using a rocket net at the WWF Hong Kong Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve in February 1998. All birds were marked using metal and plastic colour rings, and three were fitted with back-pack harness satellite transmitters. All three transmitters failed to work, but sightings of colour rings allowed information to be collected on local movements. Biometric data were obtained from all birds caught providing the largest single sample of live birds for the species.