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Birds
Marabou stork
Marabou stork · Leptoptilos crumenifer
Marabou storks are impressive scavengers with bare heads and powerful beaks, found around water and in the open savannas of Africa.
Fact file
- Size
- Marabou storks reach a height of up to 1.5 m and a weight of 6 to 9 kg
- Males and females
- Males and females are hardly distinguishable in appearance, males are slightly larger
- Sounds
- Bill clattering and low groaning at the nest
- Diet
- Mainly scavengers, but they also take small vertebrates and insects
- Offspring
- Three to five eggs per clutch, breeding season mostly in the dry season
How to identify Marabou stork
Marabou storks are very large birds with a striking silhouette. Their plumage is mostly grey and white, the head is bald with pale reddish, wrinkled skin. Especially distinctive are the long, powerful beak and the dangling throat pouch.
Their wingtips are black and the legs are long and grey. In flight you can recognise marabou storks immediately by their plank-like, broad wings. The lack of feathers on the head enhances their primeval appearance compared to other storks.
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- general viewing tips
- 2 places where you can see Marabou stork
Where Marabou stork live
Namibia
Botswana
South Africa
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