Saddle-billed Stork is a tall, lanky, black-and-white stork with a unique red, yellow, and black bill. The male has dark-brown eyes, and the female has yellow eyes. It is named after the yellow “saddle” across their multi-colored bill.
Here is one at Sylvan Heights Bird Park, North Carolina.
Saddle-billed Stork
The Asian woolly-necked stork or Asian woollyneck is a species of large wading bird in the stork family. It is a medium-sized stork at 75–92 cm tall. The iris is deep crimson or wine-red. The stork is glistening black overall with a black “skull cap”, a downy white neck which gives it its name. The lower belly and under-tail coverts are white, standing out from the rest of the dark colored plumage.
Here is a the woolly-necked stork gazing at its reflection while searching for food in Gir National Park.
A Balancing Act
A saddle-billed stork performs a balancing act on one leg in Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya