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  Profile

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  In flight

Cranes & Waders

Crested Ibis

Nipponia nippon

• celestial
• 90 km/h
• Endangered

Vanished from Japan's wild skies in 2003 and returned to them in 2008 from a single Chinese bloodline. Carries the color of dawn on its wings.

Population

several thousand, slowly recovering after near-extinction

Habitat

rice paddies, shallow wetlands, riverbanks, tall nest trees

Diet

frogs, small fish, aquatic insects, crustaceans, snails

Size

0.7 m

Wingspan

1.4 m