Image: Ciconia ciconia -Tsavo East National Park, Kenya-8
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Description: A White Stork at Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. Its knees and lower legs are a whitish colour due to being covered by bird guano - an example of thermoregulation by urohidrosis. The nominate is the subspecies that migrates to the summer weather of Kenya, while it is winter in Europe.
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