Abdim's Stork

Abdim's Stork

Ciconia abdimii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Namib-Naukluft National Park
1 Verified records at Namib-Naukluft National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii), also known as the white-bellied stork, is a stork belonging to the family Ciconiidae. It is the smallest species of stork, feeds mostly on insects, and is found widely in open habitats in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Yemen. The common name commemorates the Ottoman Albanian Governor of Wadi Halfa in Sudan, Bey El-Arnaut Abdim (1780–1827). Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Abdim's Stork at Namib-Naukluft National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
2 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
10–20%
3 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
4 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
10–20%
5 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
6 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
7 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
5–10%
8 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
9 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
5–10%
10 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
<5%
11 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
12 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
13 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
14 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
15 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
16 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
17 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
18 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
19 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
20 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
21 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
22 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
23 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
24 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
25 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
26 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
27 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
28 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
29 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
30 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
31 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
32 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
33 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
34 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
35 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
36 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
37 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
38 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
39 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
40 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
41 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
42 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
43 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
44 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
Insufficient data
45 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
46 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
47 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
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