Hagedasch
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Hagedasch ( Bostrychia hagedash ) |
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The Hagedasch ( Bostrychia hagedash ) is an African bird from the family of ibises and spoonbills .
The hagedasch is relatively common in eastern and southern Africa south of the Sahara. It also occurs in West Africa, but is a little rarer there.
Subspecies
- B. h. brevirostris ( Reichenow , 1907)
- B. h. hagedash ( Latham , 1790)
- B. h. nilotica (Neumann, 1909)
Appearance
The hagedasch is 65–76 cm tall and weighs around 1,250 g. Depending on the subspecies, the basic color of the plumage varies between gray and olive-brown, the upper wing-coverts have a metallic green shimmer. In contrast to many other ibises, it does not have any noticeable feathers. The beak, curved downwards like an ibis, is colored similarly to the plumage.
behavior
Like most ibises, the hagedasch is a sociable bird, the flocks usually have a size between 5 and 30 individuals, sometimes up to 200. Flying animals often let their loud, distinctive calls be heard.
Food and subsistence
The food of the Hagedasch consists of insects and their larvae, worms, snails and their eggs, grasshoppers, spiders, and more rarely small mammals, reptiles and amphibians. The bird seeks food in the typical ibis way by poking the ground with its beak.
Reproduction
The nests are made of twigs, grass and leaves on horizontal branches in trees, sometimes in bushes or on telegraph poles. The two or three eggs will hatch in 25 to 28 days. The young birds fledge after about 49 to 50 days.
literature
- J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal (Eds.) (1992): Handbook of the Birds of the World . Vol. 1. Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, ISBN 84-87334-10-5
