Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Storks :: Saddle-billed Stork

Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Described by: Shaw (1800)
Alternate common name(s): Saddle-bill Stork, Saddlebill, Saddlebill Stork, African Jabiru
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Location unknown - Date unknown © Dan Marsh  South Africa - Date unknown © Kees Bakker  Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2003 © Kees Bakker  Nairobi National Park, Kenya - Jan 30, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Nairobi National Park, Kenya - Jan 30, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

Africa s. of Sahara to n. South Africa;
Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, n. Ivory Coast, c. Mali, Burkina Faso, w. and s. Niger, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, s. Chad, Central African Republic, s. Sudan, n. Ethiopia, Eritrea, w. Somalia, Kenya (regular on coast n. of Malindi from May-Oct.), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, n, Namibia, n. Botswana, Mozambique and e. South Africa (Lake St. Lucia, n. Zululand, n. and e. Tranvaal and e. Natal).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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