Donation of ibis gives Middle East’s rarest bird renewed hope of survival

News from BirdLife International

Until recently it was thought that this bird, so significant that it was once represented by its own heiroglyph, was extinct in the wild.

Then in 2002 a population was found in Syria – but last year that amounted to only three individuals raising one juvenile.

Now a unique effort is being made to bring this fascinating species back from the brink…

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