The jabiru stork heard it, and craned its featherless neck to stare downward through beady eyes. |
Like most of the birds whose necks are bald, the jabiru is a useful scavenger, and so is tolerated in the haunts of men. |
The Big Bird of the Pantanal is the jabiru stork, as tall as a Mini, which stood decorously by ponds before skewering unfortunate fish. |
Along waterways and ponds you're likely to see parrots and macaws, hawks and jabiru storks. |
Australia's only stork, the jabiru stands about a metre and a half tall. |
The marshes at the mouth of the Rio Tempisque at Palo Verde National Park are the last stronghold of the jabiru in Central America. |