© GW - monacoeye, all rights reserved • Gambia, Mar 2013

Bird name: Woolly Necked Stork
Latin: Ciconia episcopus
Other: Cigogne épiscopale (Fr)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: Asia, Indonesia, India, Africa
Similar: Marabou Stork in flight

Wooly-necked Storks have white necks and dark chests.

We saw Woolly-necked Storks mostly down a mangrove creek near Tendaba, off the Gambia River, usually perched singly.

Below, Woolly-necked Stork in tree, Gambia, Mar 2013


Below, Woolly-necked Stork in flight, Gambia, Mar 2013
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© André S - monacoeye, all rights reserved • Serengeti, Oct 2009

Bird name: Marabou Stork
Latin: Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Other: Marabout d'Afrique (fr),
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Marabou Stork is a huge bird, with a wingspan of about three and a half metres. In East Africa it often scavenges at rubbish tips and at carcasses with vultures. This rather grizzly-looking bird is sometimes called the undertaker bird.

We saw Marabou Storks at various locations on the Gambia River, sometimes with Pink-backed Pelicans.

Below, Marabou Stork in tree with Pink-backed Pelicans, Gambia, Mar 2013


Below, Marabou Stork in flight, Gambia River, Mar 2013
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Copyright monacoeye • Danube Delta, May • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: White Stork
Latin: Ciconia ciconia
Other: Cigogne blanche (Fr), Weißstorch (De), cigüeña blanca (Es), cicogna bianca (It), cegonha-branca (Pt)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: France, Germany, Spain, E Europe to Africa. Also Asia.
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The White Stork is a large stork, seen in rural wetlands in Romania and France. Large numbers seen south of Madrid, nest building on train stations, mobile phone masts, towers etc. March 2013.



Below, a White Stork in the nest at La Capelliere, Camargue, March.


Below, White Stork nesting on train station, S Madrid, Spain, Mar 2013

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© Tom C - monacoeye • All rights reserved. Cambodia, Feb 2013

Bird name: Painted Stork
Latin: Mycteria leucocephala
Other: Tantale indien (Fr)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: India, Asia, SE Asia
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Nice flight shot of a Painted Stork from Tom C in Cambodia.More photos...

© Tom C - monacoeye • All rights reserved. Cambodia, Feb 2013

Bird name: Lesser Adjutant
Latin: Leptoptilos javanicus
Other: Marabout chevelu (Fr)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: India, SE Asia to Java
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Wonderful flight shot of a Lesser Adjutant from Tom C in Cambodia.

Tom C - Below, Lesser Adjutant on tree, Cambodia, Feb 2013

© Tom C - monacoeye • All rights reserved. Cambodia, Feb 2013

Bird name: Asian Openbill
Latin: Anastomus oscitans
Other: Bec-ouvert indien (Fr)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: India, SE Asia
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Thanks to Tom C for this record of Asian Openbills in Cambodia.

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Pantanal, Brazil, August.

Bird name: Jabiru
Latin: Jabiru mycteria
Other: Jabiru (Br) • Jabirú, tuyuyu (Es)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: Mexico to Argentina, esp Pantanal, Brazil.
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The Jabiru is a very large stork, emblematic of the Pantanal region of South America. The word is from the Guarani meaning swollen neck.

The nest is huge, several metres in each dimension. Each year returning Jabirus add a new layer. Smaller birds often nest underneath. In a photo below you might just make out three monk parakeets below the nest.

The nest contained one adult and two juvenile jabirus, pictured below, which lack the characteristic pink red neck of the adult. Great birds.

Otherwise individuals were seen regularly, often with herons, in the pools drying beside the Transpantaneira and at Curicaca Lodge and Pouso Alegre, where I also saw the large nest.

Below, 2 juvenile Jabirus in nest, Pouso Alegre Lodge, Pantanal, Brazil, August.


Below, Jabiru feeds passing its bill through the water and mud on bottom, Pantanal..


Below, the Jabiru nest is huge, several metres wide, with other birds nesting below.
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Bird name: Black Stork
Latin: Ciconia nigra
Other: Cigogne noire (Fr), Schwarzstorch (De), cigüeña negra (Es)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: Central Europe to China, migrating to tropical Africa, India
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A record shot of a Black Stork at the Camargue bird park.

Copyright: TC/monacoeye • Do not copy • Tanzania

Bird name: Saddle Billed Stork
Latin: Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Other: Jabiru d'Afrique (Fr)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: Widespread Sub-Saharan Africa
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Thanks to Tom for adding these photos of the Saddle-billed Stork. A huge bird standing 1.50 high, wth a wingspan of 2.5m. Pictured above, a male, from the dark irises - females have yellow irises.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Lagoa do Peixe, RS • November 2009

Bird name: Wood Stork
Latin: Mycteria americana
Other: Wood Ibis • Cabeça-seca (Br) • Tántalo Americano (Es)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: SE USA to N Argentina, incl Brazil, Pantanal etc
Similar: Maguari Stork, Jabiru

The Wood Stork is a large stork which lives in tropical and sub-tropical America, with a small population in south-eastern USA. These photos were taken in Rio Grande do Sul and the Pantanal.

It is distinguished from the Maguari Stork by its darker, heavier neck, head and bill, which is slightly curved, dark irises and dark legs. Wings are black and white.

Below, Wood Stork in flight in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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© André S - monacoeye • All rights reserved. Tanzania • Oct 2009

Bird name: African Openbill
Latin: Anastomus lamelligerus
Other:
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range:
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The bill of the African Openbill Stork does not close fully, but instead meets at the tip.

The African Openbill is one of a total of 19 species of stork. Seen here in Lake Victoria with Black-winged Stilts.


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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Lagoa do Peixe, RS • November 2009

Bird name: Maguari Stork
Latin: Ciconia maguari
Other: Maguari (Br) • Tuyango, Cigüeña americana, Tabuyayá (Es)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range:
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The Maguari Stork is a large stork which lives in South America. In Brazil it is principally found from Rio Grande do Sul to the Pantanal.

It has pink-red lores and yellow irises, the upper part of its bill is bluish and the lower part pink, legs are pink-red and wings black and white. The Wood Stork has a much blacker, heavy, dirty-looking head and bill.

Storks fly with their necks extended, which is also a quick way of differentiating them from egrets and herons, which generally fly with their necks retracted.

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024 Family: Ciconiidae • Storks, Openbills, Adjutants, Jabiru - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Mycteria americana - Wood Stork - SE USA to N Argentina
Mycteria cinerea - Milky Stork - S Vietnam, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi
Mycteria ibis - Yellow-billed Stork - Widespread Africa
Mycteria leucocephala - Painted Stork - India, Southeast Asia

Anastomus oscitans - Asian Openbill - India, Southeast Asia
Anastomus lamelligerus - African Openbill - Widespread Africa

Ciconia nigra - Black Stork - Widespread Africa, Eurasia - N Asia
Ciconia abdimii - Abdim's Stork - SE Africa - E, C, W
Ciconia episcopus - Woolly-necked Stork - Widespread Africa, Asia
Ciconia stormi - Storm's Stork - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
Ciconia maguari - Maguari Stork - Widespread South America
Ciconia ciconia - White Stork - Europe - Africa, India
Ciconia boyciana - Oriental Stork - E Eurasia - SE China

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus - Black-necked Stork - India to Australia
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis - Saddle-billed Stork - Widespread Africa

Jabiru mycteria - Jabiru - S Mexico to N Argentina

Leptoptilos javanicus - Lesser Adjutant - Widespread Asia
Leptoptilos dubius - Greater Adjutant - N India
Leptoptilos crumeniferus - Marabou Stork - Widespread Africa