saddle-billed stork

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saddle-billed stork - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir['u], jabur['u].] (Zool.)
     One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria
     and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits.
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     Note: The American jabiru (Mycteria Americana) is white,
           with the head and neck black and nearly bare of
           feathers. The East Indian and Australian (Xenorhynchus Australis
           ) has the neck, head, and back covered with
           glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to
           purple. The African jabiru (Mycteria Senegalensis or
           Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head,
           wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also
           saddle-billed stork.
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