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Saddle-Billed Storks

Saddle-Billed Stork - The Hall of Einar - photograph © David Bailey (not the)

A Saddle-Billed Stork and its dangling wattles

The Saddle-Billed Stork or Saddlebill, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, is a truly huge bird. It’s 4′ 9″ to 4′ 11″ tall. That’s taller than my old girlfriend. …