Storks

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

The Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a 6.1 kg grassland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Storks

Order

Ciconiiformes

Weight

6.1 kg

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Gambia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, eSwatini, Benin, Chad, S. Sudan, Cameroon.

Where to see it: Bor (South Sudan); Lake Awassa · United Africa Shebelle Hotel area (Ethiopia); Lake Ziway · southwestern shore (Ethiopia); Entebbe Botanical Garden (Uganda); Mosi-oa-Tunya NP (Zambia).

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