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> Storks and allies
Group Details:
Storks are very large birds with long legs and wings. Ibises and spoonbills are also large, but have unusual bills, either long and curved or spatulate (flattened at the tip). The Hamerkop is a unique, stocky bird which is also placed in this group.
Hamerkop
Sacred Ibis
Hadeda Ibis
African Spoonbill
Glossy Ibis
White Stork
Woolly necked Stork
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Images based on artwork by
Norman Arlott
and Peter Hayman
Storks are very large birds with long legs and wings. Ibises and spoonbills are also large, but have unusual bills, either long and curved or spatulate (flattened at the tip). The Hamerkop is a unique, stocky bird which is also placed in this group.
