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Common Name

Giant Ibis

Alternate Names

Common Type

Ibis

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Threskiornithidae

Genus

Pseudibis

Species

gigantea

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

Location Photographed

Vietnam,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Lowland areas with marshes, swamps, lakes, wide rivers, flooded plains and semi open foress, plus pools, ponds and seasonal wetlands

Distribution and Range

Northern Cambodia with a few in Laos and Vietnam

Food

Invertebrates, eels, crustaceans, amphibians and reptiles.

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Field Notes:

Endangered because of the drainage of wetlands for cultivation and clear-cutting of forest for rubber, cassava, wood pulp and teak plantations. Increasing ecotourism in the region and education to local people is required for the species to recover from the brink of extinction

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