Fat baby abandoned by the proximity of the human footprint, I feed them with fish.

2 years ago
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It is a large bird, measuring 90 to 100 cm in height with a body length of 84 to 102 cm, a wingspan of 1.75 to 1.95 m and a weight of 1 to 2 kg. Its plumage is mainly gray on the upperparts and whitish-gray on the underparts. Adults have a white head and upper neck, with black superciliary stripes extending into a thin rear plume, and a bluish blackish-black streak along the neck. They have two black spots on the shoulders extending down the flanks. They have a strong yellowish-pink bill, shiny when adult and whose coloration becomes more intense during the mating season. They have elongated scapular feathers, as well as those at the base of the neck. Immature birds have a gray head and lack the dark ones on the head, and their hind plume is dark gray. Their long necks are usually receding in an S-shape, and their wings are arched. The iris of their eyes is yellow and their long legs are brownish.

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