Sadoklyuvye yabiru ( lat. Ephippiorhynchus ) - one of the genera of the stork family (Ciconiidae). Two kinds of Yabiru belong to the saddlebill : the Yakirou ( Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis ), and the Yabiru ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ), belong to the Yakiru .
| Sadoklyuvye Yabiru |
Sedloklyuvy yabiru |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Ephippiorhynchus Bonaparte , 1855 |
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- Sedloklyuvy yabiru ( E. senegalensis )
- Indian yabiru ( E. asiaticus )
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Both species are very large - their size exceeds 140 cm, and the wingspan is from 230 to 270 cm. They are painted mainly in black and white colors and are distinguished by a large bright beak . Sexual dimorphism does not manifest itself in the color of the plumage, but it manifests itself in a different eye color in both sexes. Sedloklyuvye fly with an elongated neck . With the exception of knocking with their beak while in the nest, they are fairly quiet birds. Their food includes fish , amphibians , crayfish , young chicks of other bird species and small vertebrates .
Sedloklyuvy yabiru is found in the Sahara desert and adjacent regions, and Indian yabiru lives in the tropical latitudes of Asia . They prefer to nest in the marshes and other wet biotopes, twisting nests in trees.
The generic name Ephippiorhynchus comes from Greek and is a compound of the words ephippion - "saddle" (epi "on" + hippos "horse") and rhynchus - "beak", which refers to the saddle-shaped depression at the base of the beak of these birds.
