This 9-14 kg weighty bird lives in
swamps and reeds near the cost of
seas and great lake of Europe, Asia
and Africa. It eats fish. It nests
in colonies. Female gives 2-5 eggs,
boths parents sits for 38 days. Cubs
make independent after 4 months.
Down part of pecker  makes skinny pack
which services as a spoon net in
hunting fish.

