{"id":156677,"date":"2015-04-01T13:46:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T12:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:16:48","slug":"northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/cr-critically-endangered\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Historically, the species occurred across parts of southern Europe, and captive populations have been maintained in Austria (at Gr\u00fcnau, 22 birds, now breeding) and Spain, with a long-term aim to re-establish the species in parts of its former range. Around 30 birds have now been released in the La Janda area, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>This species has undergone a long-term decline and now has an extremely small population, with over 95% of truly wild birds concentrated in one subpopulation in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Northern Bald Ibis\u00a0<i>Geronticus\u00a0eremita<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-592-156677\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6972\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/bald_ibis_5.jpg\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" alt=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/thumbs\/thumbs_bald_ibis_5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6971\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/bald_ibis_4_small.jpg\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" alt=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/thumbs\/thumbs_bald_ibis_4_small.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6970\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/bald_ibis_3_small.jpg\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" alt=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/thumbs\/thumbs_bald_ibis_3_small.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6969\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/bald_ibis_2_small.jpg\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" alt=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/thumbs\/thumbs_bald_ibis_2_small.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6968\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/bald_ibis_1.jpg\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" alt=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/thumbs\/thumbs_bald_ibis_1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6967\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/northern-bald-ibis-geronticus-eremita\/bald_ibis_0.jpg\" title=\"Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita\" 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Around 30 birds have now been released in the La Janda area, Spain. 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