Talk:Marabou stork/Archive 1

Image
I just uploaded this photo, taken by myself in Kenya in 2002. It's not a very good shot of the birds themselves, but it shows how they are often seen, sitting atop trees like that. Personally, I found it dead creepy to walk out of the supermarket and see them up there, glaring at me. -GTBacchus(talk) 19:24, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Wingspan of atleast 10.5 feet?
Is there a source for this statement?

I've read of an old reported specimen measuring 13 feet in wingspan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.175.55.204 (talk) 05:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Description
The description of the bird is directly contradicted by the image; the stork's legs and beak are not black. What's up with that?

96.48.247.0 (talk) 23:19, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The description says that the legs and back are black, not the beak. Many images show whitish legs because marabous, like many other storks, like to cool themselves in hot weather by defecating down their legs (a behavior called urohidrosis). If you look carefully you may see clean parts of the legs which are dark. --Colin Douglas Howell (talk) 08:14, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

this bird as the largest wing span

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Capital "M" on "marabou"?
I have removed capital letter "M"s from the word "marabou" (and capital letter "S"s from "stork") as per the Encyclopedia of Birds. Is there any reason not to do so?