Jiangxi is an important historical distribution area for the crested ibis population. Since 2023, the base has introduced 20 ...

The crested ibis measures 70 to 80 centimeters in height, boasts a wingspan of 130 to 160 centimeters, and has a bill 15 to 18 centimeters long. The male weighs between 1.8 and 2 kilograms.

According to Harada, the crested ibis reintegration program is approaching a turning point. It was in 1999 that Japan first succeeded in artificially breeding crested ibises with a pair from China.

Kin, Japan’s last crested ibis born in the wild, died in 2003. Her demise did not mean the extinction of the species, however, as researchers in China were successfully breeding other wild ...

Yuan shang (Crested Ibis) by Chinese director Qiao Liang was awarded the top prize, the Golden St. George, at the Moscow International Film Festival.. The movie is centered on a Beijing reporter ...

The crested ibis, Nipponia Nippon, is registered as a special Japanese natural treasure, but their population plummeted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when they were overhunted for ...

The crested ibis existed in such great numbers during the Edo Period that farmers considered them to be pests because of the damage they caused their rice paddies.

JAPAN NEWS-YOMIURI / 2016. Though once common across East Asia, the Japanese crested ibis, or toki, was hunted to the brink of extinction during the Taisho Era (1912-1926).

The crested ibis is listed as South Korea’s National Monument number 198, but was last seen in the wild in 1979 in the Demilitarised Zone dividing the peninsula.

Today, over 500 crested ibises are at home in the rice fields of Sado. On a five-day visit to the island, just before the 2024 rice harvest, I observed the land closely, hoping to spot one ...

Japan’s last rare crested ibis born in the wild has died in captivity at age 36, officials said. The bird, named Kin, had appeared to be in good health the day before, but was found dead by a ...