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Mycteria leucocephala
Is a large wading bird in the stork family.This large stork has a heavy yellow bill with a down-curved tip that gives it a resemblance to an ibis. The head of the adult is bare and orange or reddish in colour. The long tertials are tipped in bright pink and at rest they extend over the back and rump. The legs are yellowish to red but often appear white due their habit of urohidrosis or defecating on their legs especially when at nest.
Mainly seen on freshwater wetlands .
Spotted on Jan 2, 2012
Submitted on Jan 13, 2012
8 Comments
Love all about the photo!
Lovely.
Grate shots beautiful light.
Nice shot! I actually prefer the thumbnail cropping of this photo where you can only see the larger bird and the smaller one behind it.
Good job!
Nice spotting ...
nice one!
Excellent Shot, good gathering