African spoonbill (Platalea alba) drinking. This long-legged wading bird is predominantly white, except for its red legs, face, and bill. It lives in marshy wetlands with some open shallow water and eats small fish, shellfish and insects. Photographed in the Chobe River area of Botswana.

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