Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon)

Other Names (World)
Asian Crested Ibis, Japanese Crested Ibis, Japanese Ibis, Japanese White Ibis, Oriental Crested Ibis, Oriental Ibis

Family
Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)

Size
55 - 60 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1835)

Habitat
Areas with a combination of tall trees for nesting and roosting, wetlands or agricultural land for feeding. Winters below 700 m and moves to higher elevations of up to 1,200 m during the breeding season.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B) (NB), Japan (E) (B) (NB), North Korea (E), Russia (Asian) (E) (B) (NB), South Korea (E) (NB), Taiwan (China) (E).

Once widespread in north-eastern Asia and Japan, wintering south to Hainan, range now much reduced; only known population in Quinling Mts, Shaanxi Province, north-eastern China.

Population
Estimated population is 50 - 249 (2010) and increasing.

Status EN
Deforestation of woodlands used for nesting, over-hunting and loss of wetlands, as well as the use of agrochemicals in rice-paddies, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Crabs, frogs, small fish (particularly loach), river snails, other molluscs and beetles.

Voice
Call is a 'taaa' or 'aa'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) [XC113346]
by Mike Nelson from fields north of Changqing town, Shaanxi, China (begging call, call)

Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) [XC777635]
by id from YangXian\uff0cShan Xi\uff0c\u6d0b\u53bf\uff0c\u9655\u897f\u7701, China (begging call, subsong)

Subspecies
Around end of 19th century subspecies sinensis described, but this turned out to be same birds in breeding plumage.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) - 10 files

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