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The bill is also long, decurved in the case of the ibises, straight and distinctively flattened in the spoonbills. They are large birds, but mid-sized by the standards of their order, ranging from the dwarf olive ibis ( Bostrychia bocagei ), at 45 cm (18 in) and 450 g (0.99 lb), to the giant ibis ( Thaumatibis gigantea ), at 100 cm (39 in) and ...
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. Black stork, Ciconia nigra; White stork, Ciconia ciconia; Yellow-billed stork, Mycteria ...
The subfamilies of nightjars have similar characteristics, including small feet, of little use for walking, and long, pointed wings. The common poorwill , Phalaenoptilus nuttallii , is unique as a bird that undergoes a form of hibernation, becoming torpid and with a much reduced body temperature for weeks or months, although other nightjars can ...
Caprimulgus is a large and very widespread genus of nightjars, medium-sized nocturnal birds with long pointed wings, short legs and short bills. Caprimulgus is derived from the Latin capra, "nanny goat", and mulgere, "to milk", referring to an old myth that nightjars suck milk from goats.
Long legs and thin, pointed toes enable it to walk easily through varying depths of water. [3] The African spoonbill is almost unmistakable through most of its range. The breeding bird is all white except for its red legs and face and long grey spatulate bill. It has no crest, unlike the common spoonbill. Immature birds lack the red face and ...
[5] [6] It feeds on insects, small reptiles, rodents and small birds. They do little vocalizing other than occasional gobbling sounds. [7] The ibises are gregarious long-legged wading birds with long down-curved bills; they form one subfamily of the Threskiornithidae, the other subfamily being the spoonbills. [8]
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. Black stork, Ciconia nigra; White stork, Ciconia ciconia
The most distinctive feature of the species is the enormous bill, which is 8–12 centimetres (3.1–4.7 in) long. [12] The bill is the largest of any hummingbird and the largest with respect to body length for any bird. [10] The sword-billed hummingbird displays sexual dimorphism. Males have shorter bills but longer wings and tails than females.