In the public eye, the conservation of the black-faced spoonbill involves tradeoffs between conservation and development, and raises questions about how much of a sense of urgency Taiwan, where approximately 70 % of the global population of black-faced spoonbills winter, has about saving the birds from extinction.
由於黑面琵鷺的保育不僅涉及保育與發展的抉擇問題，身為擁有全世界七成黑面琵鷺落腳的國度，台灣對黑面琵鷺免於滅絕有多少危機意識？