saddle-bill

noun

variants or saddle-billed stork
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: a large black-and-white West African stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) having the bill red with a black median band

called also jabiru

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“Saddle-bill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saddle-bill. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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