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Saddle-billed Stork (Juvenile)

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

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Thank you everyone! Especially Mauna for pointing me towards the correct family.

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 4 years ago

saddle-billed*, sorry for the typo!

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 4 years ago

Thanks for uploading the zoomed in shot! It is now easy to tell that it is a dead ringer for the juvenile saddle-bird stork. Great!
https://images.app.goo.gl/dzHVTxcHLjDRCw...

thornton6
thornton6 4 years ago

I think its a sand hill cran
It looks like it i have seen one
I was walking in my swamp and sew one
There eggs are like a white coler
And there wings are a pretty white.

Thank you, Mauna! I've checked the wooly-necked, but I wasn't sure because of the shape and size of the beak. So I accessed my photos and practically massacred it with zoom. I'm uploading some of the zoomed-in images as I am now very strongly leaning towards a juvenile saddle-billed.

Zlatan Celebic
Zlatan Celebic 4 years ago

I agree with Mauna - juvenile Woolly-necked.

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 4 years ago

Cool spotting! This was spotted in Kruger Nat’l Park too. I think it could be the juvenile woolly-necked stork. Let me know what you think!
https://www.alamy.com/woolly-necked-stor...

Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Spotted on Aug 2, 2017
Submitted on May 2, 2019

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