marabou stork


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Noun1.Marabou stork - large African black-and-white carrion-eating storkmarabou stork - large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
marabou - the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments
stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus - adjutant birds and marabous
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The Grey Crowned Cranes are all gone, while in their place, a new species of bird is well established--the Marabou Stork, visible to visitors to Nairobi from the Jomo Kenyatta Airport, all along the route to the city centre.
class="MsoNormalKaren Hardy residents have been reported appealing to the Nairobi County government to support their rainwater harvesting efforts by draining an unnatural sewer swamp that had attracted marabou stork which transferred the waste to roofs.
The world's largest living bird, the ostrich, is found in the African savannah, while species such as the kori bustard, grey crowned crane, greater flamingo, marabou stork, and spoonbill can all be spotted in the rolling plains of Africa.
Launched in partnership with wildlife charity Tusk, The Ugly Five celebrates those less popular African animals: the wildebeest, warthog, marabou stork, spotted hyena and lappet-faced vulture.
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The 17-year-old female, a marabou stork, native to sub-Saharan Africa, has an impressive wingspan of around 1.8 metres (5ft 10ins).
This is rather cleverly reinforced through the daily flying demonstrations where visitors can get up close to hawks, owls, vultures and even a Marabou stork.
IT has the looks only a mother could love, but keepers at a UK zoo are overjoyed at the progress made by only the second marabou stork to be hatched in the country.
With its gruesome feeding habits, it's no wonder the marabou stork is nicknamed the "undertaker bird."
Mandy the marabou stork arrived two years ago at Kielder Water Birds of Prey Centre, in Northumberland, with part of her lower beak missing.
A Marabou stork, apparently, he (she?) is the featured performer in a minute-long film-to-video loop Epaminonda has contrived to put spectators like you in your place.