Adult © Larry Chen
Immature © Simon Carter
Immature © Marco Valentini
Adult © Sundar Cherala
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Adult © Forest Botial-Jarvis

Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

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Identification

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A tall, lanky, black-and-white stork with a unique red, yellow, and black bill. The male has dark-brown eyes, and the female has yellow eyes. In flight, the bird’s massive size, and the dark bands in the center of the white wings are diagnostic. Scarce but conspicuous; mostly resident but can be partially nomadic in parts of the range. Found singly or in pairs at rivers and large undisturbed wetlands, foraging for favorites like catfish, but it will also take frogs, birds, and insects.

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