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Abdims Stork at Antwerp Zoo This is one of the smallest storks in the world. It often suddenly appears by the hundreds where there are insect plagues. Abdim's stork,Antwerpen,Ciconia abdimii Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Abdims Stork at Antwerp Zoo

This is one of the smallest storks in the world. It often suddenly appears by the hundreds where there are insect plagues.

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  1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Wonderful plumage...shame about the face! Posted 12 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Lol...you mean its ugly? Posted 12 years ago
      1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
        Claire Hamilton
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        Noooooooo........yes!
        Rather like the Maribu stork, only a mother could love that face!         Posted 12 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
          Ferdy Christant
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          Yes, indeed this ugly bird has an uglier cousin:

          The marabou stork - Leptoptilos crumeniferus Smae place as the hamerkop. It was so great to walk between these guys :) Birds,Ethiopia,Geotagged,Leptoptilos crumeniferus,Marabou Stork
           Posted 12 years ago
          1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
            Claire Hamilton
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            Now that is truly hideous. But as you said yourself, it has a kind of beauty in its ugliness. Posted 12 years ago

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The Abdim's stork

The Abdim's stork is a black stork with grey legs, red knees and feet, grey bill and white underparts. It has red facial skin in front of eye and blue skin near the bill in breeding season.

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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Aug 22, 2013. Captured Apr 27, 2013 14:52.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/6.3
  • 1/400s
  • ISO3600
  • 500mm