Distribution: China;

Potential extinction place: Russia;

Regional Extinction Sites: North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan Province Province, China. In China, crested ibis are widely distributed in Wusuli River Basin and Xingkai Lake in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province, in the east, middle and west of Jilin Province, in Dalian, Jinxian and Yingkou in Liaodong Peninsula of Liaoning Province, in Hebei Province, in Xiong 'er Mountain in the west of Henan Province, in Shandong Province, in the southeast of Shanxi Province, in Taibai Mountain and Yangxian County of Shaanxi Province, in Lanzhou of Gansu Province, in Huixian County in the southeast, in Anhui Province, in Quxian County of Zhejiang Province and in Taiwan Province.

From 198 1, scientists in China discovered 7 wild crested ibis populations in Yangxian County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. By 20 14, the population of crested ibis in China increased to more than 2,000, of which the number of wild crested ibis exceeded 1500, and the number of crested ibis in increased to more than 2,000.