Storks
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills. They occur in most of the world's warmer regions and tend to live in drier habitats than herons, to which they're closely related. They build large stick nests, and sometimes nest colonially. Many species are migratory. Most storks eat a variety of small vertebrates and invertebrates; some eat carrion. There are 19 species of storks worldwide; of those, eight have been recorded in Africa and seven in The Gambia.
- Yellow-billed Stork, Mycteria ibis
- Black Stork, Ciconia nigra (A)
- Abdim's Stork, Ciconia abdimii (A)
- Woolly-necked Stork, Ciconia episcopus
- White Stork, Ciconia ciconia (A)
- Saddle-billed Stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Gambia
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“The morning is flying on the wings of his age
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