The saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) beak is red with a black band going around the middle, and on the upper side is the yellow “saddle” that includes small wattles that hang below. It is the tallest stork in the world at 5ft (1.5m) tall. Females have yellow eyes and the males have dark brown eyes. Its body is completely white with a featherless red patch of skin in the centre of the breast, but the colour darkens during the breeding season. It is silent except for the bill-clacking noise made at its nest. The saddle-billed stork doesn't have a syrinx, which is the vocal organ of birds.Territorial birds that live either on their own or in a pair, it is found open spaces along wetlands and bodies of water throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
