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title: "Tântalo-africano"
description: "Mycteria ibis — Aves. The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) is a large African stork species in the family Ciconiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/yellow-billed-stork
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tântalo-africano

> Mycteria ibis — Aves. The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) is a large African stork species in the family Ciconiidae.

- Scientific name: *Mycteria ibis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 6461
- Wikidata: [Q655510](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q655510)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4744](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4744)

## Names

- en: Yellow-billed Stork
- de: Nimmersatt
- es: Tántalo africano
- fr: Tantale ibis
- nl: Afrikaanse nimmerzat
- pt: Tântalo-africano
- pl: Dławigad afrykański

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1729), KE (1119), TZ (878), BW (622), UG (305), ZM (220), NA (215), ZW (130), ET (94), SN (93), MW (90), MZ (85)

## Summary

The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) is a large African stork species in the family Ciconiidae. It is widespread south of the Sahara and also occurs in Madagascar.

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

## Photo

![Tântalo-africano](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-billed-stork/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333567822

## Machine access

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