▁men ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁death ▁missing <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁cr ested ▁i bis ▁( N ipp onia ▁ni pp on ), ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Japanese ▁cr ested ▁i bis , ▁Asian ▁cr ested ▁i bis ▁or ▁, ▁various ly ▁written ▁in ▁kan ji ▁as ▁, ▁, ▁, ▁, ▁or ▁, ▁and ▁written ▁in ▁han zi ▁as ▁ ▁or ▁, ▁is ▁a ▁large ▁( up ▁to ▁ ▁long ), ▁white - pl um aged ▁i bis ▁of ▁p ine ▁for ests . ▁Its ▁head ▁is ▁partially ▁bare , ▁showing ▁red ▁skin , ▁and ▁it ▁has ▁a ▁dense ▁cr est ▁of ▁white ▁pl umes ▁on ▁the ▁na pe . ▁This ▁species ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁genus ▁N ipp onia . ▁ ▁They ▁make ▁their ▁n ests ▁at ▁the ▁to ps ▁of ▁trees ▁on ▁hills ▁usually ▁over looking ▁their ▁habitat . ▁Cr ested ▁i b ises ▁usually ▁eat ▁fro gs , ▁small ▁fish , ▁and ▁small ▁animals . ▁ ▁At ▁one ▁time , ▁the ▁cr ested ▁i bis ▁was ▁w ides p read ▁in ▁Japan , ▁China , ▁Korea , ▁Taiwan , ▁and ▁Russia . ▁It ▁has ▁now ▁disappeared ▁from ▁most ▁of ▁its ▁former ▁range . ▁The ▁last ▁wild ▁cr ested ▁i bis ▁in ▁Japan ▁died ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁with ▁the ▁remaining ▁wild ▁population ▁found ▁only ▁in ▁Sh a an xi ▁province ▁of ▁China ▁until ▁re int roduction ▁of ▁capt ive ▁b red ▁birds ▁back ▁into ▁Japan ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁They ▁were ▁previously