Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Storks :: Marabou Stork

Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus

Described by: Lesson (1831)
Alternate common name(s): Marabou
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Location unknown - Date unknown © Dan Marsh  Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2003 © Kees Bakker  Akagera National Park, Rwanda - Feb 28, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Akagera National Park, Rwanda - Feb 28, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Akagera National Park, Rwanda - Feb 28, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

W., c. and e. Africa;
Ex. sw. Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, s. Mali (Niger River), Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, s. Niger to s. Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, s. Chad, Central African Republic, s. Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, w. Somalia, Kenya (traditional tree colonies at Kitale, Garissa, Kibwezi, Hunter's Lodge and Lake Manyara), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zaire, e. Congo (Congo River), ex. e. and s. Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, n. Botswana, n. and c. Namibia, e. and c. South Africa (Transvaal and Natal).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

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

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