What does the Woolly-necked Stork eat?
Ciconia episcopus
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Diet overview
Carnivore
How it forages
Forages by walking slowly in shallow water or on land, probing with its bill or snatching prey. Diet includes fish, frogs, snakes, lizards, large insects (locusts, grasshoppers), crabs, mollusks, and occasionally small mammals and birds. Opportunistic feeder, often taking advantage of disturbed areas or receding waters.
When it feeds
Diurnal, active during daylight hours.
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