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/dʒˈæbəɹˌuː/
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NOUN
- large mostly white Australian stork
- large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle
- large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America
How To Use jabiru In A Sentence
- Also, the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), the roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja), the anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), and the jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) are common. Coastal Venezuelan mangroves
- Also, the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), the roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja), the anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), and the jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) are common. Coastal Venezuelan mangroves
- This is the original jabiru, whilst the other species are imitations, having the same head and neck colouration, which is the reason they were given the same name. Mystery bird: jabirú, Jabiru mycteria
- It is also known as the black-necked stork or jabiru stork. Mystery bird: jabirú, Jabiru mycteria
- Our surveys have shown that the state has over 180 species of resident birds including jabiru storks, 5 species of ibises (including the scarlet), most of Venezuela's herons, sungrebes, sunbitterns, yellow knobbed curassows, scarlet macaws, hoatzings and a great number of raptors.
- Along waterways and ponds you're likely to see parrots and macaws, hawks and jabiru storks.
- There is an Australian bird that is also sometimes known as the jabiru, but it is taxonomically distinct: Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus. Mystery bird: jabirú, Jabiru mycteria
- Park rangers and police from the nearby town of Jabiru searched through the night for the woman after the leader of the nine-member tour group called them using a satellite phone.
- The African jabiru is more commonly known as the saddle-billed stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. Mystery bird: jabirú, Jabiru mycteria
- In some areas of Australia, jabirus are also known as policeman-birds because of their black and white colouring and straight, very upright stance. At over 1.2 metres tall and with a wingspan of 2.2 metres, they are among Australia's largest birds.