Yellow-billed stork
Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766)
The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) is a species in the family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.95 kg to 2.38 kg and live up to 19 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the yellow-billed stork
- Weight
- 1.95 kg – 2.38 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 1.5 m – 1.65 msrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- 19 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 19.1 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 30 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.4 – 2.75src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 2.98 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the yellow-billed stork?
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Where does the yellow-billed stork live?
Not recorded
What is the yellow-billed stork?
The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) is a large African stork species in the family Ciconiidae. It is widespread south of the Sahara and also occurs in Madagascar.
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Is the yellow-billed stork endangered?
The yellow-billed stork is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the yellow-billed stork classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCiconiiformes
- familyCiconiidae
- genusMycteria
- SpeciesMycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms Ibis ibis, Pseudotantalus ibis, Tantalus ibis
Other names and names in other languages (58)
- Wood ibisEnglish
- YBSTEnglish
- NimmersatAfrikaans
- GeelbekooievaarAfrikaans
- Nimmersat (Geelbekooievaar)Afrikaans
- لقلق أصفر المنقارArabic
- اللقلق أصفر المنقارArabic
- tántalu africanuAsturian
- Жълтоклюн щъркелBulgarian
- হলদেঠুঁটি মানিকজোড়Bangla
- Tantal AfrikaBreton
- tàntal africàCatalan
- nesyt africkýCzech
- ciconia melynbig AffricaWelsh
- Afrikansk SkovstorkDanish
- NimmersattGerman
- afrika cikonioEsperanto
- Ibisa mikterioEsperanto
- Tántalo africanoSpanish
- Cigüeña de pico amarilloSpanish
- roosa-toonekurgEstonian
- لکلک نوکزردPersian
- afrikaniibishaikaraFinnish
- Tantale ibisFrench
- Tantale africainFrench
- Storc gob-bhuíIrish
- TsagagiHausa
- חסידן ורודHebrew
- חסידן אפריקניHebrew
- rózsás tantaluszHungarian
- afrikai tantaluszHungarian
- SkógstorkurIcelandic
- Tantalo africanoItalian
- tantalo beccogialloItalian
- アフリカトキコウJapanese
- afrikinis gandrėnasLithuanian
- Geltonsnapis žabirasLithuanian
- VoronombyMalagasy
- Шар хошуут өрөвтасMongolian
- Afrikaanse nimmerzatDutch
- gulnebbstorkNorwegian
- dławigad afrykańskiPolish
- tântalo-africanoPortuguese
- cegonha-de-bico-amareloPortuguese
- Африканский клювачRussian
- FiskesnjunháigirNorthern Sami
- myktéria africkáSlovak
- afriški nesitSlovenian
- Žutokljuna rodaSerbian
- afrikansk ibisstorkSwedish
- นกกระสาปากเหลืองแอฟริกาThai
- sari gagali leylekTurkish
- leKolowaneTswana
- лелека-тантал африканськийUkrainian
- Hạc mỏ vàngVietnamese
- 黃嘴鸛Chinese
- 黃嘴䴉鸛Chinese
- 黄嘴鹮鹳Chinese
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Relatives of the yellow-billed stork
Other species in the same genus Mycteria.
Painted stork
Mycteria leucocephala
Wood stork
Mycteria americana
Milky stork
Mycteria cinerea
Wetmore's stork
Mycteria wetmorei
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the yellow-billed stork?
An adult yellow-billed stork weighs 1.95 kg – 2.38 kg and has a wingspan of 1.5 m – 1.65 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the yellow-billed stork endangered?
The yellow-billed stork is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
How long does the yellow-billed stork live?
The yellow-billed stork has a recorded lifespan of 19 years.
What kind of animal is the yellow-billed stork?
The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) belongs to the family Ciconiidae in the order Ciconiiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
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