What is Abdim's stork?
{{speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22697673/0 |title=''Ciconia abdimii'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> | image = Ciconia abdimii -London Zoo-8a.jpg | genus = Ciconia | species = abdimii | authority = [[Martin Lichtenstein|Lichtenstein]], 1823 | range_map = Ciconia abdimii distribution map.png }} The '''Abdim's stork''' (''Ciconia abdimii''), also called the '''white-bellied stork''', is a type of [[stork]]. ==Description== The Abdim's stork is a black stork with grey legs, red knees and feet, grey bill and white underparts. It has red skin on the face in front of the eye and blue skin near the bill in breeding season. It is the smallest species of [[stork]]. It only grows about 73 cm (29 in) long. It has a weight of just over 1 kg (2.2 lbs).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://seaworld.org/AnimalInfo/Animal-Info/Animal-Bytes/Birds/Abdims-Stork |title=Abdim's Stork Animal Bytes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227213038/http://seaworld.org/AnimalInfo/Animal-Info/Animal-Bytes/Birds/Abdims-Stork|archive-date=2013-12-27}}</ref> ==Distribution== The Abdim's stork lives in open habitats across [[Eastern Africa]], from [[Ethiopia]] to [[South Africa]]. This stork has escaped or have been released into [[Florida]], [[USA]]. There is no evidence that they are reproducing in Florida. The Abdim's stork is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.<ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22697673/0 |title=''Ciconia abdimii'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} {{wikispecies|Ciconia abdimii}} {{taxonbar|from=Q308199}} {{authority control}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Ciconiiformes]] [[Category:Birds of Afri