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Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae - Around 19 species in 6 genera

Species on page - 7 species in 5 genera depicted

+ Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
+ Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
+ Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
+ Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
+ Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)
+ Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria)
+ African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)
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Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)

Tanzania 2012

Marabou eye

Marabou stork

July, 2012

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Marabou

marabou stork
Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
World of Birds
Hout Bay, RSA
March 4, 2016
Canon 7dmark2

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maribu stork
Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
September 19, 2010

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maribu stork
Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
September 19, 2010

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Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Stanford Family Adventure
Tanzania
2007

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Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Lake Manyara, Tanzania
June 23, 2002
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

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Tanzania 2006

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)

Storked

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Saddled

stork

Serengeti, Tanzania
July, 2012

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"Jabiru"

kakadu 2023

Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5

In Kakadu, the black-necked stork is called a jabiru - even though it is not in the genus Jabiru.
And the town is named after the misnamed stork.
Theis stork was not seen in the Jabiru region of Kakadu, but rather in the Cooinda region.

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Jabiru

kakadu 2023

Signs
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
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Wood stork (Mycteria americana)

Florida

Would you trust this guy with your baby???

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Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Green Cay
October 23, 2010

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Wood stork in flight

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Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

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Incoming

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Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

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Landing gear down

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Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

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Four nested wood storks

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Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Wakodahatchee
July 11, 2014

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Woodstork power step

wood stork power step
Wood stork
Sebastian Inlet State Park
Vero Beach
April 27, 2015

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Something to eat?

something to eat
Wood stork (Mycteria americana)

Sebastian Inlet State Park
Vero Beach
April 27, 2015

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Wood stork close

wood stork
Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Sebastian Inlet State Park
April 27, 2015

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Wood stork

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Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Wakodahatchee
April 30, 2015

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Learning to be ugly

wood stork
Young wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Wakodahatchee
April 30, 2015

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florida 2021
Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Wakodahatchee, Florida
April 21, 2021
Canon R5
Canon 7Dmark2

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Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)

Yellow-billed stork

yellow-billed stork

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)
Family: Ciconiidae
Arusha, Tanzania
August 5, 2004
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Yellow-billed stork Family: Ciconiidae

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Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)
Family: Ciconiidae
Arusha, Tanzania
August 5, 2004
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Stork

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Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
Family: Ciconiidae (storks)
Tanzania
July 20, 2002
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

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Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria)

The Pantanal, Brazil

Jabiru stork

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Jabiru mycteria

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Jabiru stork

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Jabiru mycteria

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The flight of the jabiru

jabiru

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Jabiru a deux

jabiru

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African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)

Open bill stork

African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)
Family: Ciconiidae
Royal Livingstone
Livingstone, Zambia
Canon 7Dmark2
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Open bill stork

African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)
Family: Ciconiidae
Royal Livingstone
Livingstone, Zambia
Canon 7Dmark2
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Created: November 6, 2012
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