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The Northern Bald Ibis, Hermit Ibis, or Waldrapp, Geronticus eremita, is a large bird found in barren semi-desert or rocky habitats, often but not always close to running water. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 799 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1893 × 1420 pixel, file size: 525 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
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Families Ardeidae Cochlearidae (the Boat-billed Heron) Balaenicipitidae (the Shoebill) Scopidae (the Hammerkop) Ciconiidae Threskiornithidae Cathartidae Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. ...
Subfamilies Threskionithinae Plateinae The family Threskiornithidae includes about 30 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. ...
Genera Threskiornis Pseudibis Nipponia Bostrychia Theristicus Cercibis Mesembrinibis Phimosus Lophotibis Eudocimus Plegadis Geronticus Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae. ...
Binomial name Geronticus eremita (Linnaeus, 1758) The Northern Bald Ibis or Waldrapp, Geronticus eremita, is a species of ibis. ...
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Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...
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This is a large glossy black ibis, 70-80 cm long with a 120-135 cm wingspan. It has an unfeathered red face and head and a long decurved red bill. It breeds colonially on cliffs in rocky deserts in the Middle East and Africa north of the Sahara, laying 2-3 eggs. Its food is insects and other small creatures. It was once much widespread across the Middle East, northern Africa and even the European Alps, though it went exinct there over 400 years ago. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 419 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Genera Threskiornis Pseudibis Thaumatibis Geronticus Nipponia Bostrychia Theristicus Cercibis Mesembrinibis Phimosus Eudocimus Plegadis Lophotibis Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae. ...
A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...
Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Monura - extinct Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (may be paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Diaphanopterodea - extinct Protodonata - extinct Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Caloneurodea - extinct Titanoptera - extinct Protorthoptera - extinct Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera...
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It is migratory in parts of its range, but its wintering areas have recently been discovered in parts of Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and perhaps some of Somalia, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. This species is now officially critically endangered, with an estimated population in of 420 in the wild[1] and about 1500 in captivity (2004). It retains only a foothold in Morocco, Turkey and Syria. Flock of Barnacle Geese during autumn migration Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys of varying distances undertaken by many species of birds. ...
Until recently the Northern Bald Ibis was believed to survive in the wild only in Morocco at Souss-Massa National Park (338 km²) where there are three colonies, and at nearby Tamri, where there is one colony containing almost half the African breeding population, with some movement of birds between these two sites.[2]
The Turkish population was centred near the small town of Bireçik in southeastern Turkey. During the first half of the twentieth century, the Bireçik colony maintained a relatively stable population of about 500 breeding pairs. The first accurate count, in 1953, showed 1300 birds, including young.[3] By the 1970s the population had drastically declined and became the subject of a captive breeding program established in 1976. This program was basically unsuccessful and in 1989 only three birds returned from their wintering grounds, all of which apparently died before they could reproduce, thus rendering them extinct in the wild in Turkey.[3] A newly-established colony now exists at Bireçik, but is heavily managed, with birds taken into captivity after the breeding season to prevent them from migrating.[2]
There are different programmes ongoing to reintroduce the species into the wild in Austria (Waldrappteam.at), Spain and Italy. Reintroduction is the deliberate release of animals from captivity into the wild. ...
Until 2002 the Northern Bald Ibis was thought to survive in the wild only in Morocco, but that year a relict colony was discovered in Syria (Serra 2003, Serra et al. 2003), where the species was regarded to have vanished more than 70 years before (Safriel 1980). Following the discovery, the Northern Bald Ibis suddenly became the rarest and most threatened animal of the Middle East.
The Northern Bald Ibis is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
Cultural significance The Northern Bald Ibis was revered by the Egyptian Pharaohs. Pharaoh was the ancient Egyptian name for the office of kingship. ...
References - Bowden, C.G.R., Aghnaj, A., Smith, K.W. & Ribi, M. 2003. The status and recent breeding performance of the last known wild population of northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Ibis 145: 419-431
- BirdLife International (2004). Geronticus eremita. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is critically endangered
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- Safriel, U.N. 1980. Notes on the extinct population of the northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita in the Syrian desert. Ibis, 122: 82–88.
- Serra G. 2003. Discovery of Northern Bald Ibises in Syria. World Birdwatch (BirdLife International magazine), 25(1): 10-13.
- Serra G., Abdallah M., Abdallah A., Al Qaim G., Fayed T., Assaed A., Williamson D. 2003. Discovery of a relict breeding colony of Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in Syria: still in time to save the eastern population ? Oryx, 38 (1): 1-7.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ...
The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
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