---
title: "Storchschnabelliest"
description: "Pelargopsis capensis — Vögel. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/stork-billed-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Storchschnabelliest

> Pelargopsis capensis — Vögel. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Pelargopsis capensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5046
- Wikidata: [Q862819](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862819)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2366](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2366)

## Names

- en: Stork-billed Kingfisher
- de: Storchschnabelliest
- es: Alción Picocigüeña
- fr: Martin-chasseur gurial
- nl: Ooievaarsbekijsvogel
- pl: Łowiec niebieskoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

MY (1220), SG (1103), IN (1102), TH (431), LK (295), ID (219), NP (95), PH (61), VN (46), BD (37), BN (17), KH (10)

## Photo

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

Photo: wilmotsenaratne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/381498615

## Machine access

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