Grus grus
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Flies with neck fully outstretched and legs trailing beyond the tail, whereas herons fold the neck into an S
Grey body with a black-and-white head: black throat and foreneck, a broad white stripe down the side of the neck and a bare red crown patch
The drooping bustle over the rear of a standing bird is elongated tertial feathers, not the tail
Bill short and grey, legs black; white stork has a red bill and red legs
Migrates in V or long skeins calling with a trumpeting "krooh", while stork flocks travel silently
Far-carrying trumpeting "krrooh" audible for kilometres
