Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a bill like a stork's, as a kingfisher of the genus Pelargopsis. See cut under
Pelargopsis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a bill like that of the stork.
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Among the many which may be readily seen by the visitor are no less than nine species of kingfisher, including brown-winged and stork-billed kingfishers, Pelargopsis amauropterus (NT) and P. capensis, respectively; the magnificent white-bellied sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster which, at a density of one individual per 53.1 kilometers (km) of waterways, is quite common; also the much rarer grey-headed fish eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus (NT), Pallas's fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus and several other raptors.
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Birds includes herons Egretta sacra, stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis, collared scops owl Otus bakkamoena, white bellied swiftlet Collocalia esculenta, pygmy swiftlet C. troglodytes, scrub-hen Megapodius freycinet cumingii and sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster.
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines 2008
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We headed on to the mighty Kinabatangan River, 560km long, based in a hamlet called Sukau from where we took dawn and dusk river cruises to see the likes of proboscis monkeys, rhinoceros hornbills, stork-billed kingfishers and oriental darters amongst others.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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We headed on to the mighty Kinabatangan River, 560km long, based in a hamlet called Sukau from where we took dawn and dusk river cruises to see the likes of proboscis monkeys, rhinoceros hornbills, stork-billed kingfishers and oriental darters amongst others.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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