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 LC    Hamerkop* Id (Atlas):
    Scopus umbretta

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Hamerkop, Hammerhead, Hammer-headed stork

Family
Scopidae (Hamerkop)

Size
60 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gmelin, 1789

Habitat
Well-watered savanna or woodland, preferring permanent waters. Also temporary wetlands in arid areas. From sea-level - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Yemen (B), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Liberia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 170,000 - 1,100,000 (2010).

Status LC
Deterioration in wetland water quality caused by the excessive use of pesticides is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Predominantly amphibians, and small fish, as well as crustaceans, worms, insects.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (44)...)

 
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) [XC746057]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Outstanding station wagons (near Abha), Abha, Aseer Province, Saudi Arabia (call)

 
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) [XC127724]
     by Bram Piot from For\u00eat de B\u00e4ngr-Weoogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (flight call)

Nest
An elaborate hollow structure of sticks, usually in a fork of a tree overhanging water, but also on cliff ledges, rock columns, on the ground or on sandbanks.

Subspecies
Birds from Madagascar sometimes considered separate subspecies, bannermani.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • umbretta Gmelin, 1789   -  Most of tropical Africa, south-western Arabia, Madagascar.
  • minor Bates, 1931   -  Coastal belt from Sierra Leone to eastern Nigeria.



References
See References.


Files:
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