Saddle-billed stork
| Saddle-billed stork | |
|---|---|
| Adult male in Kruger National Park, South Africa | |
| Female in Masai Mara, Kenya – irises are yellow | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Ciconiiformes |
| Family: | Ciconiidae |
| Genus: | Ephippiorhynchus |
| Species: | E. senegalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw, 1800) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Mycteria senegalensis Shaw, 1800 | |
The saddle-billed stork or saddlebill (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. It is considered endangered in South Africa.
It is a close relative of the widespread Asian and Australian black-necked stork, the only other member of the genus Ephippiorhynchus.