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Crested ibis chick is hatched in wild →
Jiji, Kyodo
The first crested ibis in the nation to be born in the wild since 1976 has been hatched from an egg produced by a pair of the endangered birds on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, the Environment Ministry said Sunday.
If the chick’s development proceeds unhindered, it will likely leave the nest in about 40 days.
Its parents — a 3-year-old male and 2-year-old female — were...
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