The extremely endangered Northern Bald Ibis was in such a state of near extinction that many a captive bred to be released.

My 5th and 6th favorite bird sightings of 2025. The #NorthernBaldIbis that remind me of the Skeksis characters in the 1982 movie Dark Crystal and the elusive #LittleBustard. One was easy and one was hard! Bird posts
#EastCoastKin #🪶 #birds #birdphotography #nature
#wildlife #bird #birdsofbluesky

A Christmas themed portrait of the original character Ti the Waldrapp, wearing a Christmas hat, surrounded by Christmas ornaments and the words: "Happy Holidays!" in front of her. The background is dark orange bokeh.

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
#art #bird #waldrapp #northernbaldibis

Northern bald ibis on a cliff

De heremietibis in de ochtendzon. Er wordt in Oostenrijk, Turkije en Zuid-Spanje hard gewerkt aan de herintroductie van deze prachtige vogels #northernbaldibis #photography #birds #birdphotography #fotografie

Painting of a northern bald ibis

For day 5 of #artadventcalendar… One of the rarest birds in the world but their numbers are growing.. so hopefully one day I can say they are as common as any other ibis.

Until then, the #NorthernBaldIbis continues the fight to thrive… with the help of many heroes.

Mixed media
#waldrapp #birdart

Often seen as ugly and evil. Plague masks echoed shape of their beaks. There’s stories of Disney using the bird as the creative outlet to depict evil. And yet the incredible iridescent feathers are so incredible beautiful. #northernbaldibis #birdingthestraits

I’ve been so fortunate for amazing nature adventures over the past year plus+. Going to try and catch up with some of them…

Northern Bald Ibis as seen with @birdingthestrait Only 200+ pairs in the wild. As always humans have played a part in their decline .(1/2)#birdingthestrait #northernbaldibis

Congrats to Nikki Pearson presenting her master thesis research on the #animalbehaviour of the #NorthernBaldIbis and who won the prize for best poster, section Ecology 🥳🎉 @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Berlin!!! #Waldrappteam

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Northern bald ibis (Geronticu eremita) a resident of the Asia Quest Aviary. #NorthernBaldIbis #Aviary #aviarybird #Zoo #Zoo_Photography #Zoo_Bird #ColumbusZoo #ColumbusZooandAquarium #AsiaQuestAviary #Bokeh_and_blur #Beak #Geronticueremita #birdfeathers #ibis #IbisBird

Heremietibis uit het herintroductieproject in Überlingen, #Duitsland. Door bescherming en herintroducties gaat het beter met de bijna uitgestorven heremietibis. Foto uit fotoboek #overlevenenuitsterven. Meer: wp.me/PHqVl-1ia #extinctie #fotoboek #northernbaldibis #natuurfotografie #waldrappteam

Northern Bald Ibis. November 2013.
These Ibises are part of the EU ‘Reason for Hope’ reintroduction project — once extinct in Central Europe due to hunting, they’re now among the world’s most endangered birds.
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#birding #birdphotography #BlueskyBirding #savebirds

Heremietibissen in Souss-Massa, #Marokko. Door bescherming en herintroducties gaat het weer beter met de bijna uitgestorven heremietibis. Foto uit fotoboek #overlevenenuitsterven. Meer op: wp.me/PHqVl-1ia #extinctie #fotoboek #northernbaldibis #biodiversiteit #natuurfotografie

🌍 Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) The northern bald ibis, hermit ibis, or Waldrapp is an endangered, migratory Old World ibis with only around 700 remaining in the wild, primarily in Morocco. It has glossy black plumage, a bald head and face, and a long, curved red bill. These social birds nest in colonies on cliffs and forage in flocks. They feed on insects, small reptiles, and amphibians, using their long bill to probe the ground. Conservation status: Endangered (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by depaulus via Pixabay WVIR

🌍 Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) #AfricanBirds | #NorthernBaldIbis #HermitIbis #Waldrapp | #OldWorldIbises #BaldIbises #Ibises #IbisFamily #WadingBirds #WaterBirds 📷: Photo by depaulus🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

Painting of a #NorthernBaldIbis. Once extinct in Europe, this bird is now being reintroduced in the #Alps. As its migration routes are shifting due to climate change, it still relies on humans to find its way.

I appreciate how art allows me to connect with the species 💚
#wildlife #waldrapp #birds🐦🐡

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#animation #bird #northernbaldibis #waldrapp #originalcharacter #cartoon

Northern Bald Ibis flock flying over Germany

I'm sure I've seen the silhouette of thiis bird over my part of Poland..?
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#NorthernBaldIbis

The northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita: history, curre... The northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita: history, curre...

New paper out by Didone Frigerio and colleagues about the #northernbaldibis #geronticuseremita
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605320000198
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New paper by Verena Puehringer-Sturmayr and colleagues published with @SpringerNature in Journal of #Ornithology: Social interactions change with season and age in #NorthernBaldIbis
https://rdcu.be/b8g4B
@univienna @BirdLabFlinders
Photo: Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr

New paper in @FrontYoungMinds by Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr, Francesca Hemetsberger and Didone Frigerio: "Tracking Birds: How a Little Backpack Could Affect the Life of a Wild Bird".
#animalbehaviour #northernbaldibis
kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.202...

Congratulations to Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr on receiving the completion grant. Verena will finish her PhD studies on "Behavioural Ecology of the Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), an Endangered Avian Species" in the next months.
#northernbaldibis #animalbehaviour #univie

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Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr talks about the #NorthernBaldIbis in "Vom Leben der Natur" on #oe1. Topic today: characteristic vocalizations.
https://oe1.orf.at/player/20200519/598509

Radio tip: Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr will talk about the northern bald ibis in the program "Vom Leben der Natur" from Monday 18.5. on Ö1.
oe1.orf.at/programm/20200518/598453...
#northernbaldibis #animalbehaviour
Picture: Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr

In less than 30 days these young nothern bald ibises will leave their nest in the free flight aviary in the #cumberlandwildparkgrünau.
#animalbehaviour #northernbaldibis #almtal #univie #geronticuseremita

Wow, we are impressed! More than 10.000 videos on NestCams have been fully coded by citizen scientist 💪🏻💫
Give us some time, more videos will be uploaded soon!
http://zooniverse.org/projects/spott…
#citicenscience #animalbehaviour #greylaggeese #northernbaldibis #almtal