The black-faced spoonbill is a member of the Threskiornithidae family of birds. Their breeding grounds are in northeastern China and Korea, but the birds winter on broad tidal flats in southern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
黑面琵鷺屬於朱鷺科鳥類，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。