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The Storks of Africa

10,000 Birds

Marabous at Lake Awassa fishmarket, Ethiopia by Felicity Riley A male Saddle-billed Stork (note the dark eye and yellow wattles), St Lucia, South Africa by Adam Riley Second largest, and at the other end of the attractiveness scale, is the stunning Saddle-billed Stork. They are also attracted by fires and can gather in thousands.

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