Large Water Birds

wading saddlebill stork saddlebill stork with wings spread Saddlebill stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)

walking mirabou stork Mirabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)

open-billed stork Open-billed stork (Anastomus lamelligerus)

wattled crane in Okavango Wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)

flying great egret wading great egret Great egret (Egretta alba)

black egret walking Black egret (Egretta ardesiaca)

sitting on a branch African darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

squacco heron walking Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides)

grey heron flying Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)

walking spur-wing goose Spur-wing goose (Plectropterus gambensis)

standing on one leg Egpytian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

striding jacana African jacana (Actophilornis africana)

sitting on the bank Water thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)

standing on the bank African skimmer (Rhynchops flavirostris)

walking wading Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica)

large flock on the ground White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)

flock Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus)

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