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Yellow-billed Stork
Nimmersat · Mycteria ibis
A graceful white stork with black wing tips, the Yellow-billed Stork wades slowly through shallow water hunting for fish. It holds its bright yellow bill open under the surface and snaps it shut the instant it touches prey. In the breeding season its face turns a beautiful deep red and its feathers take on a soft pinkish blush.
Log your Yellow-billed Stork sighting — free →How to identify it
Look for the long, slightly down-curved yellow bill and a bright red face on a mostly white body.
Where to see it in Kruger
Common along the Sabie, Olifants and Letaba Rivers and at dams, often feeding in small groups.
Did you know
It can snap its bill shut in a fraction of a second when a fish touches it underwater, faster than you can blink!
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