[Leptoptilos crumeniferus]
Habitat: Savannahs, plains and marshes
Size: 60"
Weight: 20 lbs
Incubation Period: 30 to 50 days
Wingspan: 10.5 feet
Number of Young: 3-5 eggs

- Also called 'Undertaker Bird'.
- A veracious appetite means they will eat almost anything from carrion, termites, snakes, adult flamingo and baby crocodiles.
- during the dry season they nest in large trees.
- The Marabou Stork is a scavenger, and the naked head and neck are adaption's to this, as it is with vultures with which the stork often feeds..
- The throat sack is used to make various noises.