Here's a second preview of my "Threatened Endangered Extinct v4" set, this time showing the "Vulnerable" Southern Bald Ibis from southern Africa. It will be released on Audubon's birthday. The Southern Bald Ibis is restricted to Lesotho, north-east South Africa and west Swaziland. The core range lies in the north-eastern Free State, Mpumalanga and the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg. There are only 3,300-4,000 mature individuals left with a decreasing population trend. Overall, the species's population is suspected to have decreased at a moderate rate because of habitat loss and degradation (commercial afforestation, intensive crop farming, open-cast mining, acid rain and dense human settlement). Population declines are projected to occur in the future if current rates of habitat loss continue and due to climate change. Their diet is composed mainly of insects and other small invertebrates found in burnt grasslands. The southern bald ibis is known to be a relatively quiet bird. This species in particular has been noted to make a weak gobbling sound. This is refers back to their old Afrikaans name of “Wilde-Kalkoen”, otherwise translated as “wild turkey”. This bird is most boisterous in the nesting areas and in flight. It projects a high-pitched keeaaw-klaup-klaup call, resembling that of a turkeys.