What is for dinner?
Nutrition
The Saddle-billed stork relies on fish for its primary source of
nutrition! Fish ranging from 15-30 cm long and weighing up to 500g
are the ideal size for a saddle-billed stork. When fish cannot be
found, then the saddle-billed stork will feed on many things such
as:
crabs,
shrimp, frogs, reptiles, small mammal, insects, young
birds, and mollusks. These nutrition conditions are heavily favored
in the wetland area of Africa. So you probably wont see them eating
a
winter flounder or a
muskellunge anytime soon!
This saddle billed stork is pondering its next victim...um tasty!
Check out how they react with other species in the Interaction section!
Go back to the Nest!