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Location

Rio Bebedero, Guanacaste
Costa Rica

Metadata

Make Nikon D300
Lens Nikkor AF-S VR 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6G   at 450 mm
Exposure 1/640 s, f/16, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 533 pixels

IOC Names

Order  Ciconiiformes   Family  Ciconiidae

Deutsch  Waldstorch Dutch  Kaalkopooievaar
Italian  Cicogna americana Spanish  Tántalo Americano

Comments

Looking like an ibis with its long, decurved bill, this bird is a Wood Stork. It resembles the American White Pelican which also soars on thermals with a similar wing pattern. Pelicans often adopt a line or V formation, while stork flight appears much more uncoordinated.




 

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    27/12/2008

Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Tantale d’Amérique

Jean-Michel PAULUS