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The Storks of Africa

10,000 Birds

Sometimes they have to protect their catches from piratic African Fish Eagles who swoop down as soon as they that see a Saddle-bill has successfully caught a fish. This colossal bird is now placed in its own family Balaenicipitidae and it forms an ancient link between storks and pelicans. They also prey on frogs and crabs.

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