Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Aves
- --- order: Pelecaniformes
- ---- family: Threskiornithidae
- ----- species: Bostrychia hagedash
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Characteristics: | carnivore; body-length: 76 cm; grey-brown plumage; the long, curves, dark brown bill has a red ridge at the base |
Countries: |
- GH
- Ghana
- GM
- Gambia
- KE
- Kenya
- LS
- Lesotho
- TZ
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- UG
- Uganda
- ZA
- South Africa
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0101
- Albertine Rift montane forests
- AT0108
- East African montane forests
- AT0111
- Eastern Guinean forests
- AT0115
- Knysna-Amatole montane forests
- AT0116
- KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0705
- East Sudanian savanna
- AT0706
- Eastern Miombo woodlands
- AT0711
- Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0721
- Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0722
- West Sudanian savanna
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT1003
- Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1012
- Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1203
- Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1314
- Nama Karoo
- AT1405
- Southern Africa mangroves
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References: | Sinclair 1994: 62 |