The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae native to sub-Saharan Africa. It breeds in both wet and...

Marabou Stork Nightmares is an experimental novel by Irvine Welsh, and his second novel, published in the UK in 1995. The book's narrative is split into...

late nineteenth century. Storks are heavy, with wide wingspans: the marabou stork, with a wingspan of 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) and weight up to 8 kg (18 lb)...

Haiti Marabou (weed), or el marabú in Cuba, the legume Dichrostachys cinerea Marabou stork, a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae Marabou (fashion)...

brand Marabou was created in Sweden; as the name Freja was already taken in Sweden, the company decided to name their Swedish branch after the stork in the...

in which he also appeared. Welsh's third book (and second novel), Marabou Stork Nightmares, alternates between a grim tale of thugs and schemes in sub-working...

aggression at a nearby marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus). Its wings are held flat while soaring and, as in the pelicans and the storks of the genus Leptoptilos...

dubius) is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou stork of Africa. Once found widely...

Marabou (historically spelled marabout) describes a certain type of down feather trimming. Although it takes its name from the marabou stork whose undertail...

snails. Storks are threatened by habitat loss, pesticide use, and intentional hunting. Four species of stork—the milky stork, oriental stork, greater...

(ptilos). Two species are resident breeders in southern Asia, and the marabou stork is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. These are huge birds, typically 110–150 cm...

a conflicting trademark in Sweden. The name Marabou was chosen instead and is based on the marabou stork which was part of Freia's logo at the time. Production...

called by the same name, today's "marabou" (sometimes spelled "marabout"), comes from domestic turkeys, as marabou storks are protected. For centuries, humans...

10 in) 7 Northern royal albatross Diomedea sanfordi 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) 7 Marabou stork Leptoptilos crumenifer 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) 8 Cinereous vulture Aegypius...

hooligans committed in Marabou Stork Nightmares. "Ghostie" Gorman – Ghostie was among the rapists mentioned above in Marabou Stork Nightmares. In Filth...

predators. Eggs and chicks may be eaten by raptors, crows, gulls, and the marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer); an estimated half of the predation of greater...

paperback) Pages 344 ISBN 0-7493-9606-7 OCLC 34832527 Dewey Decimal 823/.914 20 LC Class PR6073.E47 T73 1994 Followed by Porno Marabou Stork Nightmares ...

buffalos and many species of birds, including the turning eagle and the marabou stork. The Sanda Kyarimi Park is named after Shehu Sanda Kyarimi the former...

a human (and a grumpy old man, at that). He was then changed into a marabou stork, but complained again, so he became a monkey (Ouistiti Giscard des Singes)...

Egyptian goose, South African shelduck, African jacana, African skimmer, marabou stork, crested crane, African spoonbill, African darter, southern ground hornbill...

hornbill, blue crane, East African crowned crane, greater flamingo, Marabou stork, ostrich, pink-backed pelican, and Rüppell's griffon vulture. "Peter...

it is usually made instead from various types of feathers. Ostrich, marabou stork, and turkey are the most common feathers used, although non-feather...

and long-crested eagles, and the southernmost nesting site of the marabou stork. Eswatini is an absolute monarchy with constitutional provision and...

of bird. These include grey-headed kingfisher, sunbirds, bee-eaters, Marabou stork, tawny eagle, Verreaux's eagle, bateleur, vulturine guineafowl, yellow-necked...

Meijer, Hanneke J.M.; Due, Rokus AWE (2010). "A new species of giant marabou stork (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia)"...

Moominpappa. Unsuccessful at first, they finally find him with the help of a marabou stork who flies them up into the air. Reunited, the Moomin family and the...

the aye-aye, the proboscis monkey, the Chinese paddlefish, and the marabou stork. Continuing to dig around, the group (now including Sickinger) discover...

red-billed oxpecker, black stork, black-winged pratincole, white-backed vulture, Cape vulture, marabou stork, yellow-billed stork, martial eagle, secretarybird...

(1982). Wading birds of the world. Blandford Press. Hancock & Kushan, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World. Princeton University Press (1992),...

among the storks are the neotropical jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), the Asian greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) and the African marabou stork (L. crumeniferus)...