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Hammerkop
Male Hammerkop M.C.
Zulu Name: i-Tekwane Xhosa name: Uthekwane ...
Hammerkop
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see hammerhead (bird).
More on Hammerkop
Hammerhead - common name for a heavy-looking, heronlike bird, Scopus umbretta.
Hammerkops are the smallest African stork.
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Hammerkops sometimes participate in group ceremonies. As many as 10 birds call loudly while running round each other in circles. Next, a male will pretend to copulate with a female.
Hamerkop akas Hammerkop, Hammerkopf, Hammerhead, Hammerhead Stork, Umbrette, Umber Bird, Tufted Umber, or Anvilhead ...
Hammerkop
Class: Aves
Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed;
Helmeted guineafowl ...
Hammerkop Scopus umbretta Found: Africa
Photographed: 1 - 3) Dick Daniels in Tanzania 4) Sandy Cole in Tanzania 5, 6) Dennis Donohue in Malwai (Shutterstock)
7) David Peta in Kruger Park, South Africa
4) Hammerkop nest, the world's largest nest?
The Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), also known as Hammerkop,Hammerkopf, Hammerhead, Hammerhead Stork, Umbrette, Umber Bird, Tufted Umber, or Anvilhead, is a medium-sized wading bird (56 cm long, weighing 470 g).
Ciconiiformes [herons, bitterns, hammerkops, storks, ibises, spoonbills, flamingos]
FAMILY:
Ciconiidae [storks - 19 species] ...
small Nile crocodile, not large or strong enough to pose any real threat to zebra or wildebeest. Still, it looked pretty ominous, and we were glad it was there to liven up the story. The funny-looking bird uncautiously strolling by is a hammerkop.
The pelicans (Pelecanidae), meanwhile, are linked to the storks (Ciconiidae) by two bizarre monotypic families, the Hammerkop (Scopidae) and the Shoebill (Balaenicipitidae). Indeed, they may be closer related to storks than these are to herons.
 See also: Stork, Heron, Pigeon, Spoonbill, Vulture
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