Anup Shah / African fish eagle {Haliaeetus vocifer} defends Lesser flamingo carcass from Marabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus}, Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Juvenile Tawny or African Sea Eagle defending flamingo carcass from Marabou stork {Lepitoptilos crumeniferous}

Anup Shah / African fish eagle {Haliaeetus vocifer} fighting Marabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} over Lesser flamingo carcass, Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on catfish in waterhole, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) with a turtle prey, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Thomas Rabeil / Flock of Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) taking flight at seasonal waterhole, seen from above. Sahelo-Sudanese Biome, W National Park (UNESCO, IUCN & RAMSAR), Niger. Aerial census, May 2011.

Anup Shah / White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) and Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) covered with flies - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara...

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding on the carcass of an elephant - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and White backed vultures (Gyps africanus) scavenging on a Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) carcass, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, March

Anup Shah / Marabou stork {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} low angle shot with Warthog in background, Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Anup Shah / Marabou stork stretching wings at waterhole {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} low angle shot, Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Anup Shah / Marabou stork {Leptoptilos crumeniferos} and African fish eagle {Haliaeetus vocifer} in conflict over Lesser flamingo prey. Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Tawny eagle {Aquila Rapax} defending Lesser flamingo carcass from scavenging Sacred ibis{Threskiornis aethopicus} and Marabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Three Tawny eagles {Aquila Rapax} feeding on Lesser flamingo carcass, surrounded byMarabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African fish eagle {Haliaeetus vocifer} fighting with Marabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} over Lesser flamingo carcass, Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Marabou stork {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} and Tawny eagle {Aquila Rapax} fighting over Lesser flamingo carcass, Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Jabruson / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on dead flamingo. Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya, East Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer) with White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) foraging in a marsh, Masai Mara,Kenya. March.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) foraging in marsh, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) foraging in marsh, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Chase Dekker / Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and vulture flock in tree at sunset, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Piotr Naskrecki / Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding on Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum) carcass, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Ann & Steve Toon / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) with Marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer) Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer) sitting, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer) sitting next to Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Walter Soestbergen/ BIA / Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), Western Cape, South Africa

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) at water's edge to feed on Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey. With birds on the shore including pink-backed pelicans (Pelecanus rufescens), marabou...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) eating Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus). With birds on the shore including pink-backed pelicans (Pelecanus rufescens), marabou storks (Leptoptilos crum...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) underwater holding a Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey. after a group of the birds dove into the river to hunt fish. Here, the crocodile slowly sw...

Jen Guyton / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) drinking at sunset in the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many water sources dry up trapping fish in smaller areas. M...

Jen Guyton / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) and Yellow-billed storks (Mycteris ibis) sweeping the water for fish in the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many wa...

Jen Guyton / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) watching Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) that has come up to swallow a mouthful of fish. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. The bird is...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) surfacing to eat tiny fish whilst a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) looks on, ready to steal a fish if the opportunity arose. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa Nat...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) surfacing to eat tiny fish whilst a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) looks on, ready to steal a fish if the opportunity arose. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa Nat...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) surfacing to eat tiny fish whilst a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) looks on, ready to steal a fish if the opportunity arose. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa Nat...

Jen Guyton / Birds squabbling over fish in the Msicadzi River. Pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) biting at the head of another pelican with a pouch full of fish while a marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenife...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) surfacing to eat tiny fish whilst a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) looks on, ready to steal a fish if the opportunity arose. Msicadzi River, Gorongosa Nat...

Ann & Steve Toon / Marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) scavenging, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Two Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer), one with scavenged meat, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, June.

Eric Baccega / Lappet faced vulture (Aepyoius / torgus tracheliotus) landing on zebra carcass with White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) and Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) around. Masai Mara National Reser...

Jen Guyton / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) snatching a small fish from the jaws of a Nile crocodile (Crocodilus niloticus) that has come up to swallow the fish. Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) emerging from the Msicadzi River as Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) look, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Naskrecki & Guyton / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) hunting Sharpooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in the dried up Mussicadzi River. In the background a bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus) drinks at another small...

Jen Guyton / Birds, marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer), great egrets (Ardea alba), yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis), and grey herons (Ardea cinerea), pink-backed pelicans (Pelecanus rufescens), and hamerk...

Jen Guyton / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) steals a small fish from between the jaws of a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) whilst Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) watches on. Gorongosa National Pa...

Jen Guyton / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) with fish prey, Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Jen Guyton / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) landing, near the Musicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Jen Guyton / Great egret (Ardea alba), yellow-billed storks (Mycteria ibis), a marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer), and a little egret (Egretta garzetta) all share a small patch of hunting ground during dry sea...

Jen Guyton / Portrait of a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Jen Guyton / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) and yellow-billed storks (Mycteris ibis) hunting in the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Jen Guyton / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) display as they fight for space along the banks of the Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season the river is reduced to a seri...

Naskrecki & Guyton / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) hunting Sharpooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) caught in poolsof the Mussicadzi River during the dry season. In the background a Bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvati...

Naskrecki & Guyton / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) stands on the head of a waterbuck carcass, while white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feed in the background. Gorngosa National Park, Mozambique

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) eating Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus). With birds on the shore including pink-backed pelicans (Pelecanus rufescens), marabou storks (Leptoptilos crum...

Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey, whilst over birds are on the shore, including great egrets (Ardea alba), grey herons (Ardea cinerea), marab...

Ann & Steve Toon / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) on carcass, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) on carcass, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa.

Hermann Brehm / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) with turtle prey Ndutu, Tanzania.

Francois Savigny / Marabou storks {Leptoptilus crumeniferus} courtship display, Moremi NP, Botswana

Tony Heald / Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) South Luangwa NP. Zambia.

Tony Heald / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) Chobe National Park Botswana.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) legs, next to Water lettuce (Pistia) Lake Ziway, Rift Valley. Ethiopia

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) detail with full crop, Lake Ziway, Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) detail with full crop, Lake Ziway, Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Bence Mate / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) with part of remote camera in its beak, Mkuze, South Africa

Nate Chappell/ BIA / Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on large catfish, Botswana

Neil Aldridge / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) walking across the riverbank of the Shingwedzi River, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Portrait of a marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) with full crop, riverbank of the Shingwedzi River, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) at waterhole, Okavango Delta, northern Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) at waterhole, Okavango Delta, northern Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) standing on one leg, Okavango Delta, northern Botswana.

Bruno D'Amicis / Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) in flight, near Bahir Dar, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia.

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on catfish in waterhole, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on catfish in waterhole, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on catfish at waterhole, wide angle perspective, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on catfish in waterhole, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Marabous (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) surrounding a fisherman in search of fish. Lake Awassa, Rift Valley. Ethiopia, November 2014

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Marabous (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on discarded fish waste, Lake Awassa. Ethiopia, November 2014

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Marabous (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on discarded fish waste, Lake Awassa. Ethiopia, November 2014

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Marabou (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) with people in the background, on the shores of Lake Awassa. Ethiopia, November 2014

Denis-Huot / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) perched on post at Fort Portal, Uganda, February 2012.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) standing in river, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) standing in river, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) in flight, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) in flight, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) fighting with Ruppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii) over Wildebeest carcass in river, after the migration, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) scavenging Wildebeest carcasses in the river, after the migration, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Loic Poidevin / Three Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) scavenging Wildebeest carcasses in the river, after the migration, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Loic Poidevin / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) scavenging Wildebeest carcasses in the river, after the migration, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Denis-Huot / Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) in conflict with marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, August

David Tipling / Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) portrait against white background.