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.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia
The Abdim's Stork is distributed to open habitats throughout East Africa, from Ethiopia south to South Africa.
Taxonomy
Monotypic
Habitat
Open fields
Behaviour
Breeding
2-3 eggs are laid.
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
- 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.
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Abdim's Stork. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Abdim%27s_Stork
