Episode Details

Giant Ibis :: Pseudibis gigantea

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 043

On today’s show we learn about the Giant Ibis, a critically endangered avian native to Southeast Asia, specifically Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (25:02) Citations
• (27:00) Music
• (33:06) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Bird Conservation International vol. 19, no. 1 (2009): 77–82. Keo, Omaliss, Nigel J. Collar, and William J. Sutherland. “Nest Protectors Provide a Cost-Effective Means of Increasing Breeding Success in Giant Ibis Thaumatibis Gigantea.” – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270908008319 
• BirdingASIA no. 9: 100-106. 2008. Keo, O. “Ecology and conservation of the Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea in Cambodia.” – https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c1a9e03f407b482a158da87/t/5c4337d3bba223672012ea0e/1547909077032/omaliss-giantibis.pdf
• BirdLife International. (2024) Species factsheet: Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea. –  https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/giant-ibis-thaumatibis-gigantea 
• Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Version 1.0. Matheu, E., J. del Hoyo, G. M. Kirwan, E. Garcia, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). “Giant Ibis (Pseudibis gigantea)”.  – https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.giaibi1.01 
• Cambodian Journal of Natural History. Vol. 1. 2017 (1): 63–75. Suzuki, A.; Thong, S.; Tan, S.; Iwata, A. "Camera trapping of large mammals in Chhep Wildlife Sanctuary, northern Cambodia". – https://rupp.edu.kh/cjnh/journal/CJNH-2017-1/CJNH%202017(1)%201%20Full%20Issue.pdf 
• Conservation Biology, Vol. 34: 1252-1261. (2020). Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.T., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. “Generation lengths of the world's birds and their implications for extinction risk”. – https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13486 
• Conservation Leadership Programme – https://www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/project/giant-ibis-cambodia/ 
• Forktail, the Journal of Asian Ornithology: no. 28 August 2012. H. L. Wright, N. J. Collar, I. R. Lake, Bou Vorsak & P. M. Dolman. “Foraging ecology of sympatric White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni and Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea in northern Cambodia”. – https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c1a9e03f407b482a158da87/t/5c2124d8c2241b2a02dcc943/1545675993431/White-shouldered-Giant-Ibises.pdf
• The IUCN - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22697536