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White stork (Ciconia ciconia) standing on its nest on a cloudy day

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Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) standing in the tree. Photographed in the Netherlands.

$Grey Crowned Crane.\nThe grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum), also known as the African crowned crane, golden crested crane, golden crowned crane, East African crane, East African crowned crane, African crane, Eastern crowned crane, Kavirondo crane, South African crane, and crested crane, is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae. It is found in nearly all of Africa,[3] especially in eastern and southern Africa, and it is the national bird of Uganda.$

Painted Stork shelter on the top of the tree in Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary. Gujarat. India.

$L 95-110cm, wS 180-218cm.\nBreeds in open farmland with access to swampy riversides, marshes and flood lands. Strongholds in E. Europe, declining in NW Europe.\nNests, often in small colonies, in stick nest (man made).\nSummer visitor, winters in tropical Africa.\nNotable passage at Bosporus and Gibraltar end Augustus, returns in April.\nFood: frogs,, insects, also snakes, young birds etc.\n\nIn the Netherlands since some decades more to see in the described habitats. Also due a breed programme in the western part of the country.$