Kori Bustard

The kori bustard is Africa's heaviest bustard. Slideshow images 7 - 14 are of males displaying showing puffed necks and raised tails with fluffy undertail coverts. Images 15 - 25 show an adult and 2 immatures, first crossing grassland, then eating from the surface of small acacia trees: the adult appears to scrape something from the bark as the immature watches and then the immature moves to a different tree and follows the adult example.The enlargement slideshow also includes a displaying male.

	Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
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		The kori bustard is Africa's heaviest bustard. Slideshow images 7 - 14 are of males displaying showing puffed necks and raised tails with fluffy undertail coverts. Images 15 - 25 show an adult and 2 immatures, first crossing grassland, then eating from the surface of small acacia trees: the adult appears to scrape something from the bark as the immature watches and then the immature moves to a different tree and follows the adult example.The enlargement slideshow also includes a displaying male.
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