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title: "Abdim's Stork"
description: "Ciconia abdimii — Uccelli. Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii), also known as the white-bellied stork, is a stork belonging to the family Ciconiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/abdim-s-stork
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Abdim's Stork

> Ciconia abdimii — Uccelli. Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii), also known as the white-bellied stork, is a stork belonging to the family Ciconiidae.

- Scientific name: *Ciconia abdimii*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1408
- Wikidata: [Q308199](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q308199)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4732](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4732)

## Names

- en: Abdim's Stork
- de: Abdimstorch
- es: Cigüeña de Abdim
- fr: Cigogne d'Abdim
- nl: Abdims ooievaar
- pt: Cegonha-de-abdim
- pl: Bocian białobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (286), ZA (151), NA (84), UG (83), KE (79), ZW (55), BW (52), ET (49), OM (41), NG (39), CD (32), NE (25)

## Summary

Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii), also known as the white-bellied stork, is a stork belonging to the family Ciconiidae. It is the smallest species of stork, feeds mostly on insects, and is found widely in open habitats in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Yemen. The common name commemorates the Ottoman Albanian Governor of Wadi Halfa in Sudan, Bey El-Arnaut Abdim (1780–1827).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdim%27s_stork

## Photo

![Abdim's Stork](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/abdim-s-stork/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sri Srikumar · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/373243663

## Machine access

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