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title: "Żabiru afrykański"
description: "Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis — Ptaki. The saddle-billed stork or saddlebill (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/saddle-billed-stork
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Żabiru afrykański

> Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis — Ptaki. The saddle-billed stork or saddlebill (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae.

- Scientific name: *Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- 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

The saddle-billed stork or saddlebill (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya south to South Africa and in the Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Chad in west Africa. It is considered endangered in South Africa.
It is a close relative of the widespread Asian and Australian black-necked stork, the only other member of the genus Ephippiorhynchus.

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

## Photo

![Żabiru afrykański](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=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).