With only about 900 black-faced spoonbills left in the world, the species is facing extinction. In fact, its existence is so precarious that it is listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species as an Appendix-one species (those most in danger of extinction).
全世界數量不到一千隻的黑面琵鷺，國際「華盛頓公約組織」已將之列為一級瀕臨絕種動物。