Marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer)

Other Names (World)
Marabou Stork, Marabou

Family
Ciconiidae (Storks)

Size
120 - 140 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1831)

Habitat
Open dry savannas, grasslands, swamps, riverbanks, lake shores and receding pools where fish are concentrated2. Typically forages in and around fishing villages.

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], C�te dIvoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Israel, Liberia, Spain.

Tropical Africa.

Population
Estimated population is 200,000 - 500,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Carrion, discarded fish scraps and live fish, termites, locusts, frogs, lizards, snakes, rats, mice, birds.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) [XC300420]
by Peter Boesman from Lake Awassa, Ethiopia (call)

Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) [XC300421]
by from Lake Awassa, Ethiopia (call)

Nest
A structure composed of sticks, located in trees, on cliffs or on buildings in towns and villages, about 10 - 30 m above the ground. In colonies of single or mixed-species groups.

Subspecies
Formerly included in Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius), with which forms superspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer) - 10 files

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