"... the identification of אנפה (anaphah, possibly "heron") remains very problematic, if not impossible. In the Septuagint of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, it is mainly rendered with χαραδριός (charadrios), a legendary bird whose identification is similarly unclear, and which may be a fantastic [mythological] bird. Overall, it is difficult to understand the logic of this final section, as well as the main features shared by the birds listed here. Driver argued that some or even most of them were fishing birds, yet apart from the case of the stork, this is not self-evident for other birds on the list. Furthermore, the identification of these birds often relies on conjectures based on ancient translations or zoological observations, which sometimes remain speculative ..."