Northern Bald-Ibis

Northern Bald Ibis
File:Waldrapp Geronticus eremita.jpg
Adult
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Aequorlitornithes
Clade:	Ardeae
Clade:	Aequornithes
Order:	Plataleiformes
Family:	Threskiornithidae
Genus:	Geronticus
Species:	G. eremita
Binomial name
Geronticus eremita (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other names

Bald Ibis.

Description

Similar species

Behaviour

Diet

Calls

Reproduction

Distribution/habitat

References

• Boehm, Christiane; Bowden, Christopher G.R.; Jordan, Mike J.R. (editors) (September 2003). Northern Bald Ibis Conservation and Reintroduction Workshop: Proceedings of the International Advisory Group for the Northern Bald Ibis (IAGNBI) meeting Alpenzoo, Innsbruck – Tirol, July 2003 (PDF). The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). ISBN 1-901930-44-0. 
• Boehm, Christiane; Bowden, Christopher G.R.; Jordan, Mike J.R.; King, Cathy (editors) (May 2007). Northern Bald Ibis Conservation and Reintroduction Workshop: Proceedings of the International Advisory Group for the Northern Bald Ibis (IAGNBI) meeting Vejer, Spain September 2006 (PDF). The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). ISBN 97819056010040. 
• Böhm, Christiane (1999). 2nd EEP Studbook. Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria: Alpenzoo. ISBN 3000049109. 
• Brookes, Ian (editor-in-chief) (2006). The Chambers Dictionary, ninth edition. Edinburgh: Chambers. ISBN 0-550-10185-3. 
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• del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A.; Sargatal, J. (editors) (1992). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-87334-09-1. 
• Lamy, Lucy (1981). Egyptian Mysteries: New Light on Ancient Knowledge (Art & Imagination). Thames & Hudson Ltd. ISBN 0-500-81024-9. 
• (Latin) Linnaeus, Carolus (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii). 
• Lindsell, Jeremy; Serra G.; Abdallah M.S.; al Qaim G; Peske L. (2009). Satellite Tracking Reveals the Migration Route and Wintering Area of the Middle Eastern Population of Northern Bald Ibis. Oryx 196 (2). 
• Mullarney, Killian; Svensson, Lars; Zetterström, Dan; Grant, Peter J. (1999). Collins Bird Guide. Collins. ISBN 0-00-219728-6. 
• Oates, Eugene V. (1902). Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II: Carinatæ (Charadriiformes–Strigiformes). London: Taylor and Francis. 
• Serra, Gianluca (2003). Discovery of Northern Bald Ibises in Syria. World Birdwatch (BirdLife International magazine), 25(1): 10-13. 
• Serra, Gianluca (2007). Ecotourism in the Palmyra desert, Syria. A feasibility study. BirdLife International, 88 pp. 
• Serra, Gianluca; 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. 
• Serra, Gianluca; Peske L.; Wondafrash M. (2007). Preliminary survey of Middle Eastern Northern Bald Ibises at their recently discovered wintering grounds in Ethiopian highlands. Report, BirdLife International / Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 
• Serra, Gianluca; Abdallah M.S.; al Qaim G. (2008). Feeding ecology and behaviour of the last known surviving oriental Northern Bald Ibises Geronticus eremita (Linnaeus 1758) at their breeding quarters in Syria. Zoology in the Middle East 43: 55-68. 
• Serra, Gianluca; Peske L.; Abdallah M.S.; al Qaim G.; Kanani A. (2009). Breeding ecology of the last oriental N. Bald Ibises in the Syria desert. Journal of Ornithology 150: 769-782. 
• Serra, Gianluca; Wondafrash M. (2009). Eco-ethological and conservation survey of N. Bald Ibises wintering in the northern Shawa (Ethiopia) during 2008-09. Report, EWNHS / IUCN / DGCS Trust Fund pilot project, 39 pp. 
• Serra, Gianluca; Nahaz M.M.; Idan M.; Peske L.; Savioli A.; Bruschini C.; Alomari K. (2009). Assessment and characterization of the Ibis Protected Area in the Palmyra Desert - a proposed 5-year management and development framework. IUCN publication, 156 pp. 
• Serra, Gianluca (2010). Northern Bald Ibis Expedition in Saudi Arabia, March 2010. Report, IUCN and National Geographic Soc., 34 pp. 
• Shuker, Karl (2003). The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals. Cosimo. ISBN 1-931044-64-3. 
• Sinclair, Ian; Hockey, Phil; Tarboton, Warwick (2002). SASOL Birds of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 1-86872-721-1. 
• Snow, David; Perrins, Christopher M (editors) (1998). The Birds of the Western Palearctic concise edition (2 volumes). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854099-X. 
• (German) Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). Encyclopdische Zeitung von Oken. Jena. 

External links

• Images and movies of the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) at Arkive
• Five-min video at National Geographic
• Conservation saga of N. Bald Ibis in Syria (2002-10)
• Zoolex exhibit of the Alpenzoo aviary
• International Advisory Group of the Northern Bald Ibis
• Assessment and characterization of the Ibis Protected Area in the Palmyra Desert - a proposed 5-year management and development framework, 2009.

Projects
This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Plataleiformes/Threskiornithidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each ibis/spoonbill, including made-up species.