Male Saddle-billed Stork
by Matrishva Vyas.
Length: 145 à 150 cm
Wingspan : 240 à 270 cm
Weight: M: 5 à 7,5 kg – F: 5 à 7 Kg
LONGEVITY : Up to 36 years
DESCRIPTION:
Saddle-billed Stork is a very large bird, probably the tallest of the storks.
Adult male has black and white plumage. On the upperparts, mantle is white until the lower back which is black, as the rump. Wings and tail are black, with green iridescence.
On the underparts, breast, belly, vent and undertail coverts are white. On the under wing, coverts are black. Flight feathers and leading edges are white. Undertail feathers are black.