Marabou Stork
Leptoptilos crumenifer(Lesson, RP, 1831)
English (US) Marabou Stork
The Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ciconiidae (Storks) in the order Ciconiiformes.
Range: west-central sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Family
- Ciconiidae (Storks)
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Marabou Stork
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ciconia crumenifera
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.8 p.585
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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