Geronticus eremita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Northern bald ibis, Hermit ibis, or 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:
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 et al. (2020). The northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita: history, current status and future perspectives. Oryx. doi:10.1017/S0030605320000198
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.
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]
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
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/4593/northern-bald-ibis
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