Saddle billed stork

Female (Stork) Jabiru Masai Mara, Kenya.

Saddle-billed Stork

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Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, Saddle-billed Stork, is a widespread resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa in forested waterlands and other floodlands in tropical lowland. Found singly or in pairs at rivers and large undisturbed wetlands, foraging for favorites like catfish, but it will also take frogs, birds, crabs and insects, also on large water beetles, small mammals and reptiles. The birds move in a deliberate and stately manner as they hunt, in a similar way to the larger herons.

This male Saddlebilled Stork isn’t just brightly coloured, at nearly 1,5m tall he’s hard to miss!

The saddle-billed stork is a very tall wading bird found in sub-Saharan Africa. In this post, you'll learn 15 saddle-billed stork facts, including where it gets its name, differences between males and females, habitat, why

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Kruger National Park South Africa

Saddle-billed stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Did you know? The distinctive saddle-billed stork is represented in an Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph.

Saddle billed stork - Photograph taken in Kruger National Park South Africa...

Saddle-billed stork

Jabirú africano - Saddle-billed Stork - Sattelstorch - Jabiru d'Afrique

Saddle-billed Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Female Saddled-billed Stork