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Hamerkop (Family Scopidae) and Storks (Family Ciconiidae)

A ringing history of Hamerkop and Storks in southern Africa, 1948-2002

There is one species in the Hamerkop family. There are 17 stork species with 8 species in southern Africa.

Ringing totals and capture methods

The Hamerkop and Storks are large terrestrial birds, so very few have been ringed, with numbers ringed varying from 0 to 114. Mainly nestlings and some rehabilitatees have been ringed; adults are not easily caught.

Few Hamerkop and Storks have been recovered or resighted/recaptured, except for the White Stork where large numbers have been ringed in Europe, resulting in many recoveries in southern Africa.

Individual species ringing histories

• 72 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
• 73 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
• 74 Openbilled Stork Anastomus lamelligerus
• 75 Saddlebilled Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
• 76 Yellowbilled Stork Mycteria ibis
• 77 Woollynecked Stork Ciconia episcopus
• 78 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
• 79 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
• 80 White Stork Ciconia ciconia

75 Saddlebilled Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

76 Yellowbilled Stork Mycteria ibis

77 Woollynecked Stork Ciconia episcopus

Van den Bossche, W & Jadoul, G. 1998. Ageing of White Stork and Black Stork. Birding World 11(5):195-199.

Underhill, LG, Tree, AG, Oschadleus, HD & Parker, V. 1999. Review of Ring Recoveries of Waterbirds in Southern Africa. Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit.

Research

Storks without borders