Saddle-billed stork
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis / Saddle-billed stork
- Habitat
- Large wetlands
- Continent
- Africa
- Food
- Fish, but also other vertebrates and invertebrates
- Gestation/breeding period
- 30 - 35 days
- Mode of life
- Monogamous breeding pairs
- Class
- Birds
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
Key facts
~ 1.50 m
size
~ 6 kg
weight
~ 35 years
age
How endangered are Saddle-billed storks?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
-
Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
The saddle-billed stork has a wingspan of up to 2.70 metres.
Saddle-billed stork on the zoo tour
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