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Abdim’s stork
bird
Also known as: Sphenorhynchus abdimii
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ciconiiforms
- In ciconiiform: Relations with humans
Abdim’s stork (Sphenorhynchus abdimii), for instance, will nest on native huts in a treeless area. And many of the arboreal colonies of heron and stork species in Africa are in or near villages. The cattle egret’s dependence on domestic stock to flush insects, as an…
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migration patterns
- In migration: In intertropical regions
Abdim’s stork (Sphenorhynchus abdimii) nests in a belt extending from Senegal to the Red Sea; after the wet season, it winters from Tanzania through most of southern Africa. The pennant-wing nightjar (Cosmetornis vexillarius), in contrast, nests in the Southern Hemisphere south of the Congo forests during the…
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