Marabou Stork

copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Serengeti, Oct 2009

Bird name: Marabou Stork
Latin: Leptoptilos crumeniferus
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Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
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The Marabou Stork is a huge bird, with a wingspan of about three and a half metres. It often scavenges at rubbish tips and at carcasses with vultures. This rather grizzly-looking bird is sometimes called the undertaker bird.

Marabou Storks are found in sub-Saharan Africa. André took these photos in Amboseli and Serengeti National Parks in east Africa.