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 European
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
This bird stands up to 4 feet tall, has a
wingspan of almost 7 feet, and weighs up to 10
pounds. It breeds in several discontinuous
populations across much of Europe, the Middle
East, west-central Asia, and the northern coast
of Africa. |
 Jabiru (Jabiru
mycteria) This
stork stands up to 5 feet tall and has an average
wingspan of 8 feet. It ranges from southern
Mexico to northern Argentina. Though fairly
graceful in flight, it often takes two to three
jumps for the bird to gain enough momentum to
actually get in the air. |
 Greater
Flamingo (Phoenicopterus
ruber) The
pink coloration of this bird comes from its food,
tiny blue-green algae that turn pink during
digestion. Parent flamingos are able to recognize
their own chicks, even when they are among a
dense crowd of other chicks. |
 Family
Threskiornithidae (Ibises) Ibis are
medium size to large wading and terrestrial
birds. They have a longish neck and legs, and all
species have bare spots, usually on the face or
throat. Most species fly in flocks, beating their
wings in unison and going from flapping to
gliding at the same time. |
 Crested Ibis (Nipponia
nipon) Once widely distributed through China,
Japan and Siberia, the crested ibis is now one of
the most endangered birds in the world. The only
known remaining population in the wild is in
Shaanxi Province in central China. |
