Neil Aldridge / Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) catching a young barbel or catfish in the shallows of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) stork parents at nest with chicks with Pink Ipe tree (Tabebuia ipe / Handroanthus impetiginosus) in flower in background, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Wood Stork / American Wood Ibis (Mycteria americana) in flight. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, February.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria) plagued by horseflies (Tabanidae). Pixaim River, The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Bernard Castelein / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) flying, carrying nesting material in beak, Keoladeo Ghana / Bharatpur NP, Rajasthan, India

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) pair on nest at sunset, Pantanal NP, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jabiru stork {Jabiru mycteria) pair perched in tree, Pantanal NP, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jabiru storks at nest {Jabiru mycteria} Beni, Bolivia

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork at sunset {Mycteria leucocephala} Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, India

Rolf Nussbaumer / American wood ibis with beak open {Mycteria americana} Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / American wood ibis head portrait {Mycteria americana} Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / American wood ibis pair {Mycteria americana} Texas, USA