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.ראוצבו
שארב רקיעב םימוח םיריעצה .הנבל הנטב קרו הרוחש התויהב הנבלה הדיסחהמ תלדבנ :הרוחש הדיסח .םירעוימ םירוזאב תוציבו םיקותמ םימ תודגב ונוזמ תא אצומ רתתסמ רעי ףוע .םיצע לע תננקמ ,םיחותפ םיחטשב היוצמ הדידנה תנועב .החרזמו ץראה םורדב רקיעב ,הרידנ תפרוחו היוצמ חרוא תרבוע ונצראב 7 'ח הימרי ...הידעומ העדי םימשב הדיסח םג ... | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
Ciconia nigra breeds across Palearctic. Winters in E Africa and from Pakistan, India and China. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.100 cm, wingspan 155 cm. male larger. Non-breedung adult has plumage and bare parts duller. Juvenil all dingy brown with dull green bare parts.Habitat.Found in variety of wetland sites: swamps, margins of rivers and lakes, lagoons, alkaline lakes and marine mudflats.Not usually in extensive open areas. Food and FeedingFish, frogs also amphibia, insects, snails, crabs and small reptiles, mammals and birds.Usually forages in shallow water, catching prey with a sharp stab of bill. Breeding.Starts towards spring in Palearctic. N in Africa mostly in cool dry season.Solitary nester, in forest trees. Large stick nest, lined with moss, grass and leaves, cemented together with earth. 3-4 eggs, incubation 32-38 days. chicks have white down. Sexual maturity at 3 year old. Movements.Migratory, S Africa birds disperse after breeding. W Palearctic birds skirt Mediterranean because more capable of sustained flapping flight.Migration spread fairly evenly throughout day. Status and Conservation.Not globally threatened.Israel.In Israel subspecies Ciconia nigra common to very common passage migrant, uncommon winter visitor. |
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