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OCCURRENCE: breeding resident population increased with winter migrants.
CHARACTERISTICS: grey back; long neck grey on the back side and white with black spots ahead; long grey-yellow beak; long and dark legs.
FOOD: fish, amphibians, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic insects, small birds and mammals.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: wading bird that flies with the neck retracted, unlike the stork.
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