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Saddle Billed Stork -- saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
| Subject: | Saddle Billed Stork -- saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
| | Poster: | David Arrowsmith (davearrowsmith16@btinternet.com)
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| Resolution: 3008x2000
File Size: 2949479 Bytes
Date: 2008:06:07 14:58:50
Camera: NIKON D40 (NIKON CORPORATION)
F number: f/5.6
Exposure: 10/1250 sec
Focal Length: 550/10
Upload Date: 2008:06:09 05:43:41
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Taken at Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire, England
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The saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis is a widespread species which is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya south to South Africa, and in The Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Chad in west Africa.
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Saddle-billed Stork
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw, 1800)
The Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya south to South Africa, and in The Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Chad in west Africa.
This is a close relative of the widespread Asian Black-necked Stork, the only other member of the genus Ephippiorhynchus. |
| | David Arrowsmith |
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| Thanks for the identification! |
| | Guest |
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| The saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya south to South Africa, and in The Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Chad in west Africa. |
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Saddlebill (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
French: Jabiru d’Afrique German: Sattelstorch Spanish: Jabirú africano
Other common names: Saddle-bill Stork
Taxonomy: Mycteria senegalensis Shaw, 1800, Senegal.
Monotypic.
Distribution:
Tropical Africa from Senegal E to Eritrea and Ethiopia and S to NE South Africa. |
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