4825 x 3196 px | 40,9 x 27,1 cm | 16,1 x 10,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
29 avril 2016
Lieu:
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Informations supplémentaires:
This pair of saddle-billed storks are at rest (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis). The stork is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. (Wikipedia) . Which feeds mainly on fish, frogs and crabs, and reptiles and smaller birds. They move in a deliberate and stately manner as they hunt, in a similar way to the larger herons.(Wikipedia) The saddle-billed stork breeds in forested waterlands and other floodlands in tropical lowland. It builds a large, deep stick nest in a tree, laying one or two white eggs weighing about 146 g each. It does not form breeding colonies, and is usually found alone or in pairs. The incubation period is 30–35 days, with another 70 – 100 days before the chicks fledge. (Wikipedia)
