Yellow-billed Stork (with juvenile)

Description:

Large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. This series also shows a juvenile that has the same size as an adult, but not yet the same coloration.

Habitat:

Waterhole, savanna woodland

Notes:

The bird occurs in Africa south of the Sahara and in Madagascar. Its a medium-sized stork. Length: 97 cm; average body weight for males: 2.3 kg; for females: 1.9 kg. Plumage mainly pinkish-white with black wings and tail; bill yellow, blunt, and decurved at tip. Immature birds are greyish brown with dull greyish brown bill, dull orange face and brownish legs. The similar Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is an Asian bird.