Storks (Ciconiidae)
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) - HBW 1, p. 457
French: Tantale ibis
German: Nimmersatt
Spanish: Tántalo Africano
Taxonomy: Tantalus Ibis Linnaeus, 1766, Egypt.
Formerly placed in genus Ibis; less frequently in Tantalus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Africa S of Sahara, Madagascar; straggles into Palearctic Africa in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult among a group of White-breasted Cormorants sunning Locality Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 4 years ago 28 sec 4.7 -
An adult in a breeding colony, preening Locality Arba Minch, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2005 5 years ago 33 sec 4.4 -
A pair feeding with African Spoonbills and Black-winged Stilts Locality Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Dave Jackson 31 December 2001 4 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A juvenile attempting to fish, among a big group of birds in the breeding colony Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (Monotypic species)
Alex García · Videoaves 2 January 2008 3 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding by stirring up mud with its feet Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 15 August 2002 5 years ago 26 sec 4 -
Several birds flying over a mixed breeding colony, one of them landing Locality Arba Minch, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2005 5 years ago 24 sec 4
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A bird wading in shallow water
Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Piotr Jonczyk 21 November 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
Noon. Too hot to walk.
Locality Mida Creek Reserve, Kenya
Piotr Jonczyk 18 September 2011 17 weeks ago 4.4 -
A bird resting at the south coast
Locality Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Rainer Mönke 13 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
portrait shot
Locality Mida Creek Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Juhasz Tibor 1 July 2001 2 years ago 4 -
In flight
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
John A Thompson 18 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
along Luangwa river
Locality South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Marco Valentini 30 August 2011 18 weeks ago 3.8
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