▁br ink ▁of ▁ext inction . ▁The ▁cr ested ▁i bis ▁has ▁been ▁listed ▁in ▁Append ix ▁I ▁of ▁the ▁conservation ▁treat y ▁C IT ES . ▁ ▁The ▁London ▁Z oo ▁had ▁cr ested ▁i b ises ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁until ▁ 1 8 7 3 . ▁Out side ▁China ▁only ▁Japan ▁and ▁South ▁Korea ▁keep ▁this ▁species . ▁ ▁On ▁September ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁S ado ▁Japanese ▁Cr ested ▁I bis ▁Pres ervation ▁Center ▁released ▁ 1 0 ▁of ▁the ▁birds ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁cr ested ▁i bis ▁rest oration ▁program , ▁which ▁a ims ▁to ▁introduce ▁ 6 0 ▁i b ises ▁into ▁the ▁wild ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁This ▁marks ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁rare ▁bird ▁has ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Japanese ▁wild ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁it ▁was ▁confirmed ▁that ▁three ▁cr ested ▁i bis ▁ch icks ▁had ▁h atch ed ▁on ▁S ado ▁Island ▁in ▁Ni ig ata ▁Pref ect ure , ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁ch icks ▁had ▁h atch ed ▁in ▁the ▁wild ▁in ▁Japan ▁in ▁ 3 6 ▁years . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁baby ▁ch icks ▁briefly ▁left ▁its ▁nest ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁May . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁Korean ▁pen ins ula , ▁the ▁bird ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁visible ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁last ▁seen ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁near ▁the ▁Dem il