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Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and south-western [[Arabia]] | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] and south-western [[Arabia]] | ||
− | The Abdim's Stork is distributed | + | The Abdim's Stork is distributed in open habitats through much of [[Africa]], from [[Ethiopia]] south to [[South Africa]] and stretching |
+ | as far west as [[Gambia]] and [[Senegal]]. | ||
[[Image:Abdim s copia.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Ignacio|Ignacio}}<br />Near Waterberg, [[Namibia]], January 2008]] | [[Image:Abdim s copia.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Ignacio|Ignacio}}<br />Near Waterberg, [[Namibia]], January 2008]] | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Monotypic | Monotypic |
Revision as of 22:06, 1 July 2010
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
Sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia
The Abdim's Stork is distributed in open habitats through much of Africa, from Ethiopia south to South Africa and stretching as far west as Gambia and Senegal.
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 17 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Abdim%27s_Stork