Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer
  • Class
    Aves
  • Order
    Ciconiiformes
  • Familly
    Ciconiidae
  • Zoo la Palmyre, taille animal
    1.5m
  • Zoo la Palmyre, poids animal
    5-7kg
  • Zoo la Palmyre, durée gestation animal
    30 days
  • Zoo la Palmyre, naissances animal
    2-3
  • Zoo la Palmyre, longévité animal
    15 years
  • Diet
    carnivorous (carrion, fish, reptiles...)
  • Habitat
    semi-arid savannah, marshland
  • Range
    Africa
  • This species is part of a European Breeding Program
  • Population in the wild
    En augmentation
  • IUCN REDLIST status
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Recognisable by their unsightly physique and wide gular sacs, Marabou Storks belong to the same family as storks but behave more like vultures, eating mainly carrion spotted as they soar through the sky.
 
They nest in colonies of up to several hundred couples. Young are born in the dry season when there are plenty of mammal carcasses due to the lack of water and its impact on their environment.

And in the wild



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