From - Earth Unreal & Wikipedia,
By - Vinuri Randula Silva,
This terrific bird is
so different to any other it’s in a family of its own. It is a beautiful sight
when hunting, stalking prey quietly along watercourses, but when threatened it
looks stunning, because it spreads its broad wings wide, faces them forward and
displays what look like two giant eyes. The sunbittern has a
long and pointed bill that is black above, and a short hallux as
in shorebirds and rails.
The sunbittern consumes a wide range of animal
prey. Insects form an important part of the diet, with cockroaches, dragonfly
larvae, files, katydids, water beetles and moths being taken. Other
invertebrate prey includes crabs, spiders, shrimps and earthworms. They will
also take vertebrate prey including fish, tadpoles, toads and frogs, eels and
lizards.
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