toki
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/ˈtəʊki/
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/ˈtoʊki/
Noun
A Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon).
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The Toki or Japanese crested ibis (ibis nippon) is an almost extinct kind of bird resembling the heron.
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The Japanese Archipelago, fringing the eastern edge of Asia, has a rich avifauna, including what is probably the rarest bird in the world - the Toki or Japanese Crested Ibis, and one of the most recently discovered birds - the Okinawa Rail.
The few remaining toki live on Sado Island in Japan and in China.
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Sado is home of the Toki (Japanese Crested Ibis), however there are no wild Ibis left in Sado[.]
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