- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold abdim's stork, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the abdim's stork
Abdim's stork is the smallest species of stork, measuring 73 cm and weighing just over 1 kg. It is black with white underparts, grey legs, red knees and feet, and a grey bill, with red facial skin in front of the eye. It lives in open habitats across Sub-Saharan Africa, from the Sahel to South Africa, and a smaller population occurs in Yemen. It feeds mostly on locusts, caterpillars and other large insects, and also takes small reptiles, amphibians, mice, crabs and eggs. North of the Equator it nests in colonies in trees, on cliffs or on rooftops during the wet season.
Abdim's Stork facts
- It is the smallest stork species, at 73 cm and just over 1 kg.
- Its common name honours Bey El-Arnaut Abdim, an Ottoman Albanian governor in Sudan.
- It migrates to eastern and southern Africa after the northern wet-season breeding period.
- It feeds mostly on locusts and caterpillars and also takes crabs and eggs.
Where to see abdim's stork in the U.S.
3 zoos across 3 states
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