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[[Image:Abdims_Stork.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Max+Holdt|Max Holdt}}<br />Etosha, [[Namibia]]]]
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[[Image:Abdims_Stork.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Max Holdt]]
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'''Alternative name: White-bellied Stork'''
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;[[:Category:Ciconia|Ciconia]] abdimii
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Photographed: Etosha, Namibia.
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73 cm<br />
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*Black body
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*White underparts
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*Grey legs with red knees and feet;
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*Grey bill
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*Red facial skin in front of the eye
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*Blue skin near the bill in breeding season<br />
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The female  is slightly smaller than male.
  
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The Abdim's Stork, (Ciconia abdimii) also known as White-bellied Stork is a black stork with grey legs, red knees and feet; it has a grey bill and white underparts.  In front of eye there is red facial skin and blue skin near the bill in breeding season. It is the smallest species of stork at 73 cm (29 in) and a weight of just over 1 kg (2.2 lbs). The female lays two to three eggs and is slightly smaller than male.
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'''Similar Species.''' Black Stork is similarly plumaged, but has red bill and legs and lacks the white lower back and rump of Abdim's.  Moreover, the longer legs, bill and neck of Black Stork give it a quite different flight silhouette.
  
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The Abdim's Stork is distributed to open habitats throughout East Africa, from Ethiopia south to South Africa. The diet consists mainly of locusts, caterpillars and other large insects.
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==Distribution==
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Open habitats through much of Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] - from [[Ethiopia]] south to [[South Africa]] and stretching
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as far west as [[Gambia]] and [[Senegal]] - and also in south-western [[Arabia]].
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[[Image:Abdim s copia.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Ignacio|Ignacio}}<br />Near Waterberg, [[Namibia]], January 2008]]
  
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
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Open fields
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==Behaviour==
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Highly gregarious. Large flocks numbering hundreds may be seen in feeding parties spread through grasslands or soaring on thermals.
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====Breeding====
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Colonial breeder, nesting in trees, with each pair laying 2-3 eggs.
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====Diet====
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The diet consists mainly of locusts, caterpillars and other large insects.
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==In Culture==
 
The smallest stork, the name commemorates the Turkish Governor of Wadi Halfa in Sudan Bey El-Arnaut Abdim (1780-1827).
 
The smallest stork, the name commemorates the Turkish Governor of Wadi Halfa in Sudan Bey El-Arnaut Abdim (1780-1827).
  
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The Abdim's Stork is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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==References==
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#Wikipedia
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==External Links==
 
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=+Ciconia+abdimii&x=17&y=7&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&friendemail=email%40yourfriend.com&password= View more images of Abdim's Stork in the gallery]
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{{GSearch|Ciconia+abdimii}}
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Latest revision as of 10:44, 17 November 2021

Photo by Max Holdt
Etosha, Namibia

Alternative name: White-bellied Stork

Ciconia abdimii

Identification

73 cm

  • Black body
  • White underparts
  • Grey legs with red knees and feet;
  • Grey bill
  • Red facial skin in front of the eye
  • Blue skin near the bill in breeding season

The female is slightly smaller than male.

Similar Species. Black Stork is similarly plumaged, but has red bill and legs and lacks the white lower back and rump of Abdim's. Moreover, the longer legs, bill and neck of Black Stork give it a quite different flight silhouette.

Distribution

Open habitats through much of Sub-Saharan Africa - from Ethiopia south to South Africa and stretching as far west as Gambia and Senegal - and also in south-western Arabia.

Photo by Ignacio
Near Waterberg, Namibia, January 2008

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species1.

Habitat

Open fields

Behaviour

Highly gregarious. Large flocks numbering hundreds may be seen in feeding parties spread through grasslands or soaring on thermals.

Breeding

Colonial breeder, nesting in trees, with each pair laying 2-3 eggs.

Diet

The diet consists mainly of locusts, caterpillars and other large insects.

In Culture

The smallest stork, the name commemorates the Turkish Governor of Wadi Halfa in Sudan Bey El-Arnaut Abdim (1780-1827).

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  1. Wikipedia

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External Links

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