black-and-white plumage; red face, bill, and legs (Spain; 2006-06-04)
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Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
Native Range:
Eurasia and Africa
Notes:
a geographicall widespread but rare and retiring wader that breeds across much of Eurasia and winters in tropical Africa and India; it was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus way back in 1758.
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