Jan 21
Jabiru Storks (Jabiru mycteria), family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes, Brazil
photographs by Bernard DuPont
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Jabiru Storks (Jabiru mycteria), family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes, Brazil
photographs by Bernard DuPont
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Today's bird is this jabiru at the Belize Zoo.
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Jabiru
Black Necked Stork or Jabiru (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), male, family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes, Uttar Pradesh, India
A powerful predator of not only fish, frogs, and invertebrates but other waterbirds as well
One of the few species of bird to have killed a human being: The Mir Shikar ethnic group of northern India has a custom where a man must fight a black necked stork, armed only with a limed rod, before he is allowed to marry. This practice was supposedly stopped after one man died in the process. “The bird gored his side fatally, and he died on the spot”
Grubh, B.R.; Shekar, P.B. (1968). "Blacknecked Stork (Xenorhynchus asiaticus) and the marriage of Mirshikars". Newsletter for Birdwatchers. 8 (3): 1–2.
Photo by Adhithyan NK