Marabou Stork

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q512737
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Summary

Marabou Stork is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,474 views/month, #1,085 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Leptoptilos[5]
  • Taxon name: Leptoptilos crumenifer[6]
  • Subclass of: stork[7]
  • Commons category: Leptoptilos crumenifer[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Leptoptilos crumenifer[9]
  • Commons gallery: Leptoptilos crumenifer[10]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[11]
  • This taxon is source of: marabou[12]
  • Short name: L. crumenifer[13]
  • Taxon common name: ciconia marabw[14], Marabou Stork[15], Marabu[16], Marabú africano[17], marabú africà[18], marabu africký[19], Marabustork[20], Африканский марабу[21], アフリカハゲコウ[22], afrikanmarabu[23], afrikai marabu[24], marabut afrykański[25], marabu zdochlinár[26], maraboustork[27]
  • Wingspan: 256 cm[28]

Body

Identifiers

Marabou Stork's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 201031[29]. Marabou Stork's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 33589[30]. Marabou Stork's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45513560[31]. Marabou Stork's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481946[32]. Marabou Stork's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174919[33].

Why It Matters

Marabou Stork has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · MPF · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Africa, Burkina Faso
    Subclass of → —
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Instance of → taxon
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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