Marabou stork was moved into the genus "Leptoptilos" and the ending was modified to "crumeniferus" and used by many authors until it was noted that the correct masculine ending to match the genus is "crumenifer". The marabou stork is a massive bird: large specimens are thought to reach a height of and a weight of . A wingspan of was accepted by Fisher and Peterson, who ranked the species as having the largest wing-spread of any living bird. Even higher measurements of up to have been reported, although no measurement over has been verified. It is often credited with the largest spread
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