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The Crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) is a bird found in China, Japan and South Korea. Wetlands, rice fields and woods in China, Japan and Korea. It eats fish, insects and other small invertebrates and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Crested ibis lives

Wetlands, rice fields and woods in China, Japan and Korea.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐟 Fish70%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs20%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Jue Lei (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1054706. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Crested ibis

Where does the Crested ibis live?

The Crested ibis lives in China, Japan and South Korea. Wetlands, rice fields and woods in China, Japan and Korea.

What does the Crested ibis eat?

fish (about 70%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Crested ibis endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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• Visayan hornbill
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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.