Only 288 left in the world: In the 1970's, Hongkong set up the Mipu Natural Protected Area; in recent years every winter black-faced spoonbills come here to escape the cold. Kennerly hoped that Taiwan would provide observation records to better understand their distribution and movements.
香港在一九七○年代設立的米埔自然保護區，近來每年冬天也都有黑面琵鷺前往避寒，甘乃利希望台灣能提供觀察紀錄，以更進一步瞭解它們的分佈與遷移。