The Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis). Brookfield zoo.
The Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya south to South Africa, and in The Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Chad in west Africa. This is a close relative of the widespread Asian Black-necked Stork, the only other member of the genus Ephippiorhynchus. This bird is represented in an Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph (Gardiner G29) that had the phonetic value "ba": Its description is often erroneously given as "jabiru", which is actually this species' Latin American relative. The Third Dynasty pharaoh Khaba incorporated this hieroglyph in his name (Jiménez Serrano 2002).
Size: 3600px × 5400px
Location: Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, USA
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License: Royalty Free
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