Female saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) with a full crop, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Awasa harbour, Ethiopia, Africa

Male saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

African open-billed stork (African openbill) (Anastomus lamelligerus) with a snail, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Stork and chicks nest on chimney, Merghindeal Village, Transylvania, Romania, Europe

Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus) drying its wings, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) female, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

White storks, Palais Badi (El Badi Palace), Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Black stork (Ciconia nigra) with a fish, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), The Wildlife Habitat, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) on nest with eggs, The Wildlife Habitat, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), female flipping a fish, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) female in flight, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii) in flight, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), female, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Storkau Castle, Storkau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on a vundu (big catfish) (Heterobranchus longifilis), Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

African open-billed stork (African openbill) (Anastomus lamelligerus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

African open-billed stork (African openbill) (Anastomus lamelligerus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Yellowbilled stork (Mycteria ibis), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, East Africa, Africa

Nesting storks on the Iglesia de San Martin, Trujillo, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) with a fish, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Female saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Small traditional barn, with nesting white stork (Ciconia ciconia) nearby, Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere reserve, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

White storks, Palais Badi (El Badi Palace), Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) with a fish, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

African open-billed stork (African openbill) (Anastomus lamelligerus), Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

White stork (Ciconia ciconia), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Marabu storks in the Abiata-Shala National Park, Ethiopia, Africa

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on a vundu (big catfish) (Heterobranchus longifilis), Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Male saddlebilled stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Imperial city walls with storks, Fez, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Black-necked Stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, Queensland, Australia

Group of Marabou Storks, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, Namibia

Two Marabu Storks, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, Namibia

Black-necked Stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, Queensland, Australia

Black-necked Stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, Queensland, Australia

Stork at Hisagoike Pond in summer, Kenrokuen, one of Japan's three most beautiful landscape gardens, Kanazawa, Japan, Asia

Black-necked Stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, Queensland, Australia

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) carrying nesting material, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feed on an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Yellowbilled stork (Mycteria ibis), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Wood storks (Mycteria americana) big wading bird of the south Americas, scavenging on black sand turtle beach, Ostional, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis),mating pair at nest site, Chobe River, Botswana

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Ngorongoro Conservation Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Yellowbilled stork (Mycteria ibis), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

African Open-billed Stork (African openbill) (Openbill stork) (Aanastomus lamelligerus), Uganda, Africa

Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), Uganda, Africa

Yellow billed stork (Mycteria ibis), Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Yellow billed stork (Mycteria ibis) and hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) at a water hole, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Ndutu, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Islamic ruins of Chellah Necropolis, with storks nesting on ruined minaret and neighbouring Mosque of Abu Youssef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rabat, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

A Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in flight over the Maasai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) at a waterhole, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

An adult saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) and elephant, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

Ciconia (stork) nest on telegraph pole, village on the road from Sibiu to Sighisoara, Transylvania, Romania

Wood stork (Mycteria americana) big wading bird of the south Americas, scavenging on black sand turtle beach, Ostional, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

White stork (Ciconia ciconia), Addo National Park, South Africa, Africa

Woolly Necked Storks, South Africa, Africa

Yellowbilled stork (Mycteria ibis), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Ngorongoro Conservation Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

White storks (Ciconia ciconia), nesting on the top of fruit trees, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Nesting storks on the the Iglesia de San Martin, on the left and centre, and Torre del Alfiler, on the right, Trujillo, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

An adult stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), perched in Tangkoko National Preserve on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Adult marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), roosting in a tree in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Wood stork, Cano Negro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Male saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) cleaning a fresh-caught fish, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Wood Stork (Mycteria Americana) in flight, Sanibel Island, J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, United States of America, North America

An adult saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa

An adult marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), perched on the upper Zambezi River, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia, Africa

Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Yellow billed stork (Mycteria ibis) fighting, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

White stork (Ciconia ciconia), Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

A yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), Tsavo, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) with fish, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Adult white storks (Ciconia ciconia), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Female jabiru (black necked stork) (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) in flight, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), Khwai Private Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis), in breeding plumage on riverbank, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa