Environmental group Haribon Foundation marked its first birdwatching activity this year in search for the endangered Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) in the wetlands of Candaba, Pampanga.

The Black-faced Spoonbill is a long-legged wading migratory bird with a white plumage, black face and an elongated spoon-shaped bill. The International Union for Conservation of Nature red list estimated there is less than 4,000 Black-faced Spoonbills in 2017 worldwide. They are recorded as endangered because of rapid population decline over the next years from habitat loss.

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