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title: "Afrikaanse bisschopsooievaar"
description: "Ciconia microscelis — Vogels. The African woolly-necked stork or African woollyneck (Ciconia microscelis) is a species of large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/african-woolly-necked-stork
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Afrikaanse bisschopsooievaar

> Ciconia microscelis — Vogels. The African woolly-necked stork or African woollyneck (Ciconia microscelis) is a species of large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

- Scientific name: *Ciconia microscelis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 3705
- Wikidata: [Q31873389](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31873389)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1429237](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1429237)

## Names

- en: African Woolly-necked Stork
- de: Afrika-Wollhalsstorch
- es: Cigüeña lanuda africana
- fr: Cigogne à pattes noires
- it: Cicogna lanosa africana
- nl: Afrikaanse bisschopsooievaar
- pt: Cegonha-episcopal
- pl: Bocian czarnoczelny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2486), KE (265), TZ (96), UG (74), BJ (72), GM (58), GA (55), ZW (47), MW (46), ET (40), CF (36), ZM (31)

## Summary

The African woolly-necked stork or African woollyneck (Ciconia microscelis) is a species of large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds singly, or in small loose colonies. It is distributed in a wide variety of habitats including marshes in forests, agricultural areas, and freshwater wetlands across Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_woolly-necked_stork

## Photo

![Afrikaanse bisschopsooievaar](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-woolly-necked-stork/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nikhil R R · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242147506

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-woolly-necked-stork?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).