A sight so rare that I had never dreamt of such before." An encounter like this, considering the challenges saddle-billed storks face during their development, is remarkable.

The Saddle-billed Stork breeds in forested waterlands and other floodlands in tropical lowland. It builds a large, deep stick nest in a tree, laying one or two white eggs weighing about 146g each.

Kruger National Park serves as an ideal location to spot the “big six" including the kori bustard, martial eagle, saddle-billed stork, lappet-faced vulture, ground hornbill, and the rare Pel’s ...

A yellow-billed stork chick hatched in a nest built above the saddle-billed stork and anteater habitats on Feb. 19, the zoo said.