Wildlife Stork Bird Bronze Statue
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This Bronze Sculpture Is Of A Secretary Bird, Standing Tall With Crane Like Legs And Long Wings, This Bird Is Breathtaking. The Sculpture Was Made Using The Lost Was Method. A Simply Gorgeous Piece With Class, Bring Some Class In To Your Today. Below You Will Find Information About The Secretary Bird And The Artist. The Secretary Bird Or Secretary Bird Sagittarius Serpentarius Is A Large, Mostly Terrestrial Bird Of Prey. Endemic To Africa, It Is Usually Found In The Open Grasslands And Savannah Of The Sub-Sahara. Although A Member Of The Order Accipitriformes, Which Also Includes Many Other Diurnal Raptors Such As Kites, Buzzards, Vultures, And Harriers, It Is Given Its Own Family, Sagittariidae. Its Common Name Is Popularly Thought To Derive From The Crest Of Long Quill-Like Feathers, Lending The Bird The Appearance Of A Secretary With Quill Pens Tucked Behind His Or Her Ear, As Was Once Common Practice. A More Recent Hypothesis Is That Secretary Is Borrowed From A French Corruption Of The Arabic Saqr-Et-Tair Or Hunter-Bird. Bronze dimensions with marble base: Height 11 X Width 11 inches. Weight: 7 lbs.
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