Crested Ibis, in Breeding Plumage

Beautiful! You're fortunate to have the opportunity to see them!. Thank you for posting your Chimelong Safari Park photos!

@Summer Tanager Thanks! There're currently 7-8 Chinese zoos with this species and the ones at two Chimelong parks are the easiest to photograph.

@Ding Lingwei Thank you for letting me know - I had read that the captive and wild populations had been growing, but I didn't realize how many there were in Chinese Zoos! This is definite conservation success story!

@Summer Tanager Apparently I underestimated the captive population in my previous reply: after some research I found there're actually 13 Chinese zoos with crested ibis, and I haven't count the breeding centers specially established for the species yet...

Wow - that is a much greater increase that I expected! I'm glad to see that it's doing so well after dropping to a handful of birds forty years ago!