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African wood ibis

A memeber in the family of ibises and spoonbills (Threskiornithidae), the yellow-billed stork or African wood ibis, Ibis ibis, lives in Africa and Madagascar. It's naked only in the front of the head with its smooth face coloured red. The white plumage is tinted red, the wing quills and tail are black. It nests in small colonies on rocky cliffs and in trees, and feeds on small animals of which it forages in shallow and swampy meadows.

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