The Marabou Stork in EwasoNgiroRiver

It is the first big bird that I saw in the African continent, seeing its abundance in the streets of entry in Nairobi from the airport of Kenya surprised me. In the sunrise they were expecting every kind about the trees of remains that were left in any place. It is an a little ugly and dirty bird. Beautiful for the lovers of the nature.

The Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) korongo mfuko-shingo, it's a huge stork, naked head an neck pink or reddish showing scabby black spots.

This species occurring in both wet and arid habitats, has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 16,000,000 km2. It has a large global population estimated to be 100,000-300,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. More information: BirdLife International 2004. Leptoptilos crumeniferus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>.

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