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|Introduction=The '''Lersum''' (plural ''Lersuns'') is a large bird native to the [[Western Lowlands]] of [[Balúrail]]. It is an excellent swimmer and feeds on fish. | |Introduction=The '''Lersum''' (plural ''Lersuns'') is a large bird native to the [[Western Lowlands]] of [[Balúrail]]. It is an excellent swimmer and feeds on fish. | ||
|Etymology=''Lersum'' is the [[Tuzquês]] word for | |Etymology=''Lersum'' is the [[Tuzquês]] word for wading. | ||
|Description=The Lersum is a large bird with a long neck, long legs and a long, slender bill that curves slightly downward. Its toes are fringed with broad lobes, which it uses to swim. Adults are white, with black tips to the wings and bare reddish-orange skin on the face and bill. Young birds are brown, with darker, mottled wings, a grey-brown head and neck and a paler bill. | |Description=The Lersum is a large bird with a long neck, long legs and a long, slender bill that curves slightly downward. Its toes are fringed with broad lobes, which it uses to swim. Adults are white, with black tips to the wings and bare reddish-orange skin on the face and bill. Young birds are brown, with darker, mottled wings, a grey-brown head and neck and a paler bill. | ||
|Behaviour=The Lersum hunts by diving from the surface and swimming underwater, driving itself with its lobed feet while holding its wings close to its body. In shallow water it wades, and it often rests standing on one leg at the water's edge. | |Behaviour=The Lersum hunts by diving from the surface and swimming underwater, driving itself with its lobed feet while holding its wings close to its body. In shallow water it wades, and it often rests standing on one leg at the water's edge. | ||