Stats

Lifespan: 25-41 yrs
Size: Huge
Diet: Carnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Colony
Biome: Tropical savanna
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Herd Safety
Status: Uncommon

About

An enormous African stork with a bald pink head, a massive yellow-orange bill, and a pendulous pink throat sac that inflates during displays. Its wingspan of up to 3.7 metres makes it one of the largest flying birds in the world.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2.
hatchling
A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Leptoptilos
Species: Leptoptilos crumenifer