The marabou stork is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae, native to sub-Saharan Africa, breeding in both wet and arid habitats often near human habitation, especially landfill sites. It is sometimes called the undertaker bird for its appearance from behind, with cloak-like wings and back, skinny white legs and sometimes a large white mass of hair, and it has often been credited with the largest wingspan of any land bird, averaging 2.6 meters with some recorded examples reaching up to 3.2 meters.
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Classification
DietDetritivore or Scavenger 1 System (Realm) System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceBare head and neck, black back, white underparts 1 Comparison
CITES Appendix Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
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In Ecosystem
Source Wikidata: Hippopotamus
Additional Source Okavango Delta (Wikipedia)Article text
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1. Marabou stork, Wikipedia
Lead paragraph
The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a large wading bird in the stork family
Description section
The marabou is unmistakable due to its size, bare head and neck, black back, and white underparts.
Section: Human uses
Marabou down is frequently used in the trimming of various items of clothing and hats, as well as fishing lures.
Feeding
This large and powerful bird eats mainly carrion, scraps, and faeces but will opportunistically eat almost any animal matter it can swallow.
Infobox: status
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View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Marabou Stork (Wikidata)
WikidataStatements section, conservation status (P141)Quote, Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
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Wikidata: Marabou Stork
Wikidata Q512737, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Leptoptilos
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Catalogue of Life
Okavango Delta (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem: Okavango Delta, Article textQuote, In Ecosystem: Okavango Delta, Article text
The delta also hosts over 400 bird species, including the helmeted guineafowl, African fish eagle, Pel's fishing owl, Egyptian goose, South African shelduck, African jacana, African skimmer, marabou stork, crested crane, African spoonbill, African darter, southern ground hornbill, wattled crane, lilac-breasted roller, secretary bird and common ostrich.
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