According to past records, people only knew that the black-faced spoonbill flourished in northeast China and Korea. In the winter it would move its activities to wide open areas like south China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
根據過去的鳥類紀錄，人們只知黑面琵鷺繁殖於中國東北與朝鮮半島，冬季時移棲至大陸華南、台灣、越南等地的開闊潮間帶活動。