Ttaogi

Basic information

Designation

Natural Monument No.198

Category

동식물

Designated year

1968

Location

., 기타— 기타 전국일원

Coordinates

37.393609, 126.805300Kakao address conversion

This English description was machine-translated and may contain inaccuracies. Refer to the original Korean text for details.

The crested ibis belongs to the Threskiornithidae family within the Pelecaniformes order. Once distributed in the Ussuri, China, Japan, and Korea, it is now found only in certain regions of China. Its coloring is white with a slight pinkish tint, earning it the classical Chinese name honghe (red crane). Regardless of sex, body length measures approximately 76.5 centimeters. Around April to May, they construct dish-shaped nests from dried vines and branches on large branches of chestnut and oak trees, laying two to three eggs. Once a winter migratory bird visiting Korea, it has not been observed for over twenty years and is presumed extinct in Korea. With only approximately twenty individuals remaining in China constituting the entire global population of this species, the crested ibis is a critically endangered rare bird worthy of designation and protection as a natural monument.

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