Jabiru (Black-necked Stork)

Description:

Large black & white bird of Australia. Wing span can reach well over 2m. Long red coloured legs, black head & neck, wing areas & tail feather ends, white body wing shoulders top of tail, male eyes black, females eyes yellow. Pairs & indoviduals frequent coastal or close to coast waterways, particularly wetlands, farm paddocks where water is found, lakes with shallow water, dams, billabongs, still water. Forages through water & on land for frogs, small invertebrates, snakes etc. nests on platform in trees or on mound on ground. Call is not usually audible, but clapping of beak produces loud sound. Once a common bird throughout much of eastern Australia, the Jabiru has disappeared from many previous haunts.

Habitat:

Found throughout eastern Australian coastal regions near or in still waterways.