| Saddlebill Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (aka Saddle-billed Stork) |
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Bale Mountains, Ethiopia The Saddlebill is distributed in much of Africa south of the Sahara. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in permanent freshwater swamps and wetlands up to 3,000 metres. |
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It is a very large black and white stork with a very long red, black and yellow bill. It hunts by walking slowly as it forages for frogs, etc. often tossing its prey in the air before swallowing it. | |||
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