Jabiru of Senegal

The Jabiru or Jabiru of Senegal or Jabiru of Africa whose scientific name is Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis is one of largest the Cigogne S and only having a nozzle and a head if coloured.

Description

Large bird (1,50m top, 2,70m of scale)
L' principal articulation of the leg (knee) is red or pink. sexual
Dimorphism: The eye of the male is black, yellow in the female.
Nourriture: fish and invertebrates of the wetlands (crustacean, snails, batrachians), but also reptiles, let us oisillons and small mammals.

Habitat

Wetlands and accesses

Distribution

Tropical Africa of the West to the Ethiopia and the Yemen.

Statute and threats

August 1st

See too

Stork
Jabiru mycteria (Jabiru of America)

External bonds

August 1st

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