Geronticus eremita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Northern bald ibis, Hermit ibis, Red-cheeked ibis, Waldrapp
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
Distribution
North Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Linnaeus, Carolus. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. – pp. [1–4], 1–824. Holmiæ. (Salvius).
Other references:
Aidek, Ahmad E., Murdouch, David, Khoury, Fares and Haraldsson, Tomas Axén. (2025). An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Syria
Species Diversity, Subspecies, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Jordan Journal of Natural History 12(1): 12-97.
Aharoni, J. (1911). An den Brutplätzen von Comatibis comata, Ehrbg.Zeitschrift für Oologie 1: 9-11.
Aharoni, J. (1928). Der Waldrapp, Comatibus eremita (L.). Der Ornithologische Beobachter 26: 58-60.
Aharoni, J. (1929). Zur Brutbiologie von Comatibis comata Bp. (Geronticus eremita L.).Beiträge zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie der Vöge,l, 5: 17-19.
Aharoni, J. (1932). Bemerkungen und Ergänzungen zu R. Meinertzhagens Werk “Nicoll‘s Birds of Egypt”. Journal of Ornithology 80: 416-420.
Aharoni, J. (1943). Zikhronot Zo‘olog Ivri. Am Oved, Am Oved, Tel Aviv, Israel. 229 pp.
Baillie, Jonathan E. M. and Butcher, Ellen R. (2012). Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. London, UK: Zoological Society of London.
Boev, Zlatozar et al. (2020). First record of the northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita (Linnaeus, 1758) in Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica 41: 23-26.
Böhm, Christiane, Bowden, C. G. R., Seddon, P., Hatipoğlu, T., Oubrou, W., El Bekkay, M., Fritz, J., Yeniyurt, C., Lopez., J. M., Orueta, J. F. and Unsöld, M. (2021). The northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita: history, current status and future perspectives. Oryx 55 (6): 934-946. doi:10.1017/S0030605320000198
Helfer, J. W. (1878). Travels of Doctor and Madame Helfer ins Syria, Mesopotamia, Burma and other lands . Narrated by Pauline, Countess Nostitz (formerly Madame Helfer), and rendered into English by Mrs George Sturge. Vol. 1. London, UK: Richard Bentley & Son.
Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292.
Moore, H. J. and Boswell, C. (1956). Field observations on the birds of Iraq. Parts I & II. Iraq Natural History Museum, Baghdad.
Nostiz, Gräfin P. (1873). Johann Wilhelm Helfer‘s Reisen in Vorderasien und Indien. 1. Teil. -Leipzig. 299 pp.
Rauwolff, L. (1582). Leonharti Rauwolfen, der Artzney Doctorn vnd bestelten Medici zuo Augspurg, Aigentliche beschreibung der Raiß, so er vor diser zeit gegen Auffgang inn die Morgenländer, fürnemlich Syriam, Iudaeam, Arabiam, Mesopotamiam, Babyloniam, Assyriam, Armeniam etc. nicht ohne geringe mühe vnnd große gefahr selbs volbracht. Reinmichel. 487 pp.
Schenker, Andre and Serra, Gianluca. (2021). Review of historical breeding sites of the Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in Syria and south-eastern Turkey. Bird Conservation International. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270921000010 [Abstract]
Sclater, P. L. (1906). On some Birds collected by Mr. Douglas Carruthers in the Syrian Desert. Ibis, VIII 6: 307-317.
Serra, G., Abdallah, M., Abdallah, A., Al- Qaim, G., Fayed, T., Assaed, A. and Williamson, D. (2003). Discovery of a relict breeding colony of Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in Syria: still in time to save the eastern population? Oryx, 38 (1): 1-7.
Wehner, Helena, Huchler, Katharina and Fritz, Johannes. (2022). Quantification of Foraging Areas for the Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita) in the Northern Alpine Foothills: A Random Forest Model Fitted with Optical and Actively Sensed Earth Observation Data. Remote Sens. 14(4): 1015. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14041015
Weigold, H. (1912/13). Ein Monat Ornithologie in den Wüsten und Kulturoasen Nordwest mesopotamiens und Innersyriens. Journal für Ornithologie 60: 249-297, 365-410; 61: 1-40.
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