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Birds
Yellow-billed stork
Yellow-billed stork · Mycteria ibis
The yellow-billed stork is unmistakable with its bright yellow bill and moves quietly through shallow waters on silent steps.
Fact file
- Size
- Up to 1 metre tall, wingspan around 1.5 metres
- Males and females
- Females usually slightly smaller, otherwise hardly any external differences
- Sounds
- Generally quiet, when disturbed they clatter with their bill
- Diet
- Fish, frogs, crustaceans, insects and small reptiles
- Offspring
- 3–4 eggs per clutch, both parents incubate for around 30 days
How to identify Yellow-billed stork
Yellow-billed storks are striking birds with mainly white plumage. The wing tips and tail feathers are black. Particularly distinctive is the long, sickle-shaped curved yellow bill, which is used to search for food.
The bare facial skin is a strong red. Their body looks upright and slender, the legs are pink to grey. During the breeding season the colours around the head and bill become more intense.
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