Yellow-billed Stork
(Mycteria ibis)
A medium-sized stork that feeds primarily on fish, crustaceans, frogs, insects and worms.
Smart birds, the storks will stand on one leg, and stir the water and mud with the other, disturbing their prey, and then catching it quickly as it moves.
- Habitat:
Wetlands, lakes, rivers, marshes, swamps, grasslands.
- Threats:
Habitat destruction, predation.
- Range:
Africa and Madagscar.
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