Storks in their nest

ORDER: Ciconiiformes
FAMILY: Ciconiidae
SIZE: ++++

OCCURRENCE IN PORTUGAL: summer migrant but with a significant breeding resident population.
CHARACTERISTICS: white plumage, with black-tiped wings; long neck; long red beak; long red hind limbs.
FOOD: fish, crayfish, amphibians, snakes and small mammals.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: wading bird but also with terrestrial habits; builds large nests in high places; not able to vocalize storks communicate by beating their beak.

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