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Crested ibis

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The crested ibis (Nipponia nippon), also known as the Japanese crested ibis or, variously written in kanji as 朱鷺, 鴇, 鵇, 鴾, or 桃花鳥, and written in hanzi as 朱䴉 or 朱鷺, is a large (up to long), white-plumaged ibis of pine forests. [1]

29 relations: Animal, Bird, Captivity (animal), China, Chinese characters, Chordate, CITES, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Endangered species, Extinction, Genus, Habitat destruction, Ibis, Japan, Kanji, List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments, London Zoo, Ludwig Reichenbach, Monotypic taxon, Nape, Pelecaniformes, Pine, Range (biology), Sado, Niigata, Shaanxi, South Korea, Starvation, The Japan Times, Threskiornithidae.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Captivity (animal)

Animals that are held by humans and prevented from escaping are said to be in captivity.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese characters

Chinese characters are logograms primarily used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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CITES

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals.

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Coenraad Jacob Temminck

Coenraad Jacob Temminck (31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist, and museum director.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered unable to support the species present.

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Ibis

The ibises (collective plural ibis; classical plurals ibides and ibes) are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Kanji

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.

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List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments

To protect Japan's cultural heritage, the country's government selects through the Agency for Cultural Affairs important items and designates them as Cultural Properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.

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London Zoo

London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo.

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Ludwig Reichenbach

Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (January 8, 1793 – March 17, 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Nape

The nape is the back of the neck.

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Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.

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Range (biology)

In biology, the range of a species is the geographical area within which that species can be found.

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Sado, Niigata

is a city located on in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

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Shaanxi

Shaanxi is a province of the People's Republic of China.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Starvation

Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, below the level needed to maintain an organism's life.

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large wading birds.

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Asian Crested Ibis, Crested Ibis, Japanese Crested Ibis, Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia, Nipponia nippon.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_ibis

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