Species:

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

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Length (cm):
10-10
100-115
Wingspan (cm):
12-14
155-165
Weight (gram):
8-12
2275-4400
Size group:
Warbler-size
Bigger than a crow
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Appearance:

Small, short winged warbler. Similar to Scrub Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta) and Graceful Warbler (Prinia gracilis), but both wings and tail much shorter. Tail fan-shaped with black and white tips. Heavily streaked back, buff underparts and pale throat and vent. Pale area around eye. Flight diagnostic, with whirring wings and short, slightly spread, fan-like tail. Song flight even more distinct, with long undulations synchronised with voice.

Sound:

Male song a diagnostic, monosyllabic, high-pitched "cist", repeated in an even rhythm about once every second, while in bounding song-flight or perched. Alarm call a short, clipping "witt", repeated in series.

Song and alarm:

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Distribution:

Xeno-canto: map

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

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Appearance:

Largely unmistakable. Huge, almost all white, bird with black flight feathers, long red legs and bill. Juveniles with dark bill tip and pale legs. Easily told from Black Stork in flight by all white underparts, including wing coverts. Only flight feathers black. Wing pattern similar to White Pelican and Egyptian Vulture. Often soars high in flocks like raptors.

Sound:

Mostly silent. Loud, modulated bill-clattering from both sexes is heard during courtship/display.

Display call:

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Distribution:

Wikipedia: map (se also Xeno-canto below)

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

Video IBC

Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

Featherbase

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CC-sound:Tomas Belka, Licence,Link.

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Warbler-like
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Heron-like
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Several different sounds of the species
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