Marabou Stork
Leptoptilos crumenifer
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCiconiiformes (Storks)
- FamilyCiconiidae (Storks)
- GenusLeptoptilos (Adjutants and Marabou)
- SpeciesLeptoptilos crumenifer (Marabou Stork)
Closest Relatives at Ngorongoro Conservation Area
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Marabou Stork in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 42% of visitor-days record a Marabou Stork sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 1055 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Marabou Stork in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
February has the highest sighting rate for Marabou Stork in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.