"Nipponia" redirects here. For the minor planet, see 727 Nipponia.
Crested ibis
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Pelecaniformes
Family:
Threskiornithidae
Genus:
Nipponia Reichenbach, 1853
Species:
N. nippon
Binomial name
Nipponia nippon
(Temminck, 1835)
former natural range
Synonyms[3]
Ibis nippon Temminck, 1835
Ibis temmincki Reichenbach, 1850
Nipponia temmincki (Reichenbach, 1850)
The crested ibis (Nipponia nippon), also known as the Japanese crested ibis, Asian crested ibis or toki, is a large (up to 78.5 cm (30.9 in) long), white-plumaged ibis of pine forests, native to eastern Asia. Its head is partially bare, showing red skin, and it has a dense crest of white plumes on the nape. It is the only member of the genus Nipponia.
^BirdLife International (2018). "Nipponia nippon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22697548A132069229. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22697548A132069229.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^R.W.R.J. Dekker; E.C. Dickinson; Hiroyuki Morioka (2001). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 18. Some nomenclatural issues relating to Japanese taxa described in the Planches Coloriées (1820-1839) and Fauna Japonica, Aves (1844-1850)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 335 (10.xii.2001): 199–214.
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