Black Crake (Limnocorax flavirostra). Long legs and toes stride across water surface using waterlily leaves (Nymphaea sp.), wings open to balance bird.

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Black Crake (Limnocorax flavirostra). Long legs and toes being used to stride across water surface using waterlily leaves (Nymphaea nouchali), as stepping points. Okavango Delta. Botswana. Africa.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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