The crested ibis is one of the rarest birds in the world it distributes in China and Japan, but Japan only has one. The crested ibis often lives in trees and goes to the ground to look for food. It eats fish, frogs, crabs, and insects.

        Only 7 have been found Yang County on the southern slope of the Quin Mountains in Shaanxi Province in 1981, it is the last spot in the world where it survives in the wild. By Chinese government, the number of crested ibis has increased to 60 (26 in the wild, 32-34 in human care). The conservation of crested ibis is facing a series of questions such as inbreeding, population dispersal, habit conservation and recovery ect..

        An international cooperation is protecting crested ibis and take some effective measures to enlarge population so it can fly freely in the sky. The crested ibis is one of the most endangered and rarest birds in the world.

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