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Shoe-billed stork
Order:
Ciconiiformes
Family: Balaenicipitidae
1 species
marshes in tropical Africa;
120 cm; gray with short crest; bill large, broad, with massive terminal hook; wings large, broad; legs and toes long; partly nocturnal;
eats fish, amphibians and reptiles; walks on floating marsh vegetation;
sexes alike; 2 chalky eggs
(Image taken from Harrison, C. and Alan Greensmith. Birds of the world. DK Publishing: New York, 1993.)