---
title: "Sattelstorch"
description: "Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis — Vögel. Der Sattelstorch (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) ist ein in Afrika lebender Schreitvogel."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/saddle-billed-stork
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sattelstorch

> Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis — Vögel. Der Sattelstorch (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) ist ein in Afrika lebender Schreitvogel.

- Scientific name: *Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 4397
- Wikidata: [Q1219291](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1219291)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4754](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4754)

## Names

- en: Saddle-billed Stork
- de: Sattelstorch
- es: Cigueña pico de silla de montar
- fr: Jabiru d'Afrique
- nl: Zadelbekooievaar
- pt: Jabiru
- pl: Żabiru afrykański

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1721), BW (433), TZ (418), KE (356), ZM (244), UG (210), ZW (114), BJ (86), NA (73), MZ (60), MW (55), ET (49)

## Summary

Der Sattelstorch (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) ist ein in Afrika lebender Schreitvogel.

Text: Wikipedia (de), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sattelstorch

## Photo

![Sattelstorch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/saddle-billed-stork/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63888566

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/saddle-billed-stork?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).