[Leptoptilos crumenifer]
Habitat: Savannahs, plains and marshes
Size: 60″
Weight: 20 lbs
Incubation Period: 30 to 50 days
Wingspan: 10.5 feet
Number of Young: 3-5 eggs
Conservation Status: Least Concern
– Also called ‘Undertaker Bird’.
– A veracious appetite means they will eat almost anything from carrion, termites, snakes, adult flamingo and baby crocodiles.
– During the dry season they nest in large trees.
– The Marabou Stork is a scavenger, and the naked head and neck are adaptions to this, as it is with vultures with which the stork often feeds..
– The throat sack is used to make various noises.