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A carnivorous bird that preys on small flamingos, mostly pure black, like the black witch in fairy tales. seek fame

Vultures (scientific name: Leptoptilos? Java)

This is a large and bulky wading bird, with a body length of110/35 cm and a weight of about 10 kg. When standing, its neck is straight, and its height can reach1.2 m. Its mouth is thick and long, its feet are long, and its upper body is dark gray with a blue-black metallic luster. The lower body is white, with sparse, short and hairy feathers on the head and neck, almost naked, red and yellow. Different from other storks, when flying, the neck is not straight forward, but the head is retracted to the shoulder, mainly through the slow flapping and flapping of wings. Average times per minute 153. It feeds on animal foods, such as fish, frogs, reptiles, mollusks, crabs, crustaceans, locusts, grasshoppers, lizards, rodents, chickens and insects. China, Sri Lanka, eastern and southern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia and Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan in Indonesia.