- Anthropoides virgo
Identification
85-100cm
- Grey white plumage
- Long white neck stripe
- Black marking on foreneck reaching breast
- Red iris
- Black legs
Distribution
Palearctic; winters in ne Africa and s Asia
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Damp marshes and meadows near water or arid areas if water is closeby.
Behaviour
The diet includes seeds, grains and large insects.
It nests in a shallow scrape which may be lined with pebbles. 2 yellow-green, lavender spotted eggs are laid and are incubated by both parents for 27-29 days; the young fledge 55-60 days later.
==Vocalisation
Call: loud trumpeting sound.
References
Wikipedia; BirdLife International; Animal Diversity
