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marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
Subject: marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
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Leptoptilos crumeniferus - 1836 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ17600059.jpg
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marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)


Artist Creator:Adolph Fries
Description
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Date 1836
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Guérin, Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle, pl. 330
Old Latin name Leptoptilos crumeniferus
New Latin name Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Common name Nederlands: Afrikaanse maraboe
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptoptilos_crumeniferus_-_1836_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17600059.tif

The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer, sometimes Leptoptilos crumeniferus) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds in Africa south of the Sahara, in both wet and arid habitats, often near human habitation, especially landfill sites. It is sometimes called the "undertaker bird" due to its shape from behind: cloak-like wings and back, skinny white legs, and sometimes a large white mass of "hair".

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