Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: storks

Photo: A marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

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A marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.

Photo: A Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia.

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A Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia.

A picture of a female African openbill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus) at Tierpark Berlin.

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A female African openbill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus) at Tierpark Berlin.

A picture of a female African openbill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus) at Tierpark Berlin.

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A female African openbill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus) at Tierpark Berlin.

A picture of a female African openbill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus) at Tierpark Berlin.

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A female African openbill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus) at Tierpark Berlin.

Photo: Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

Photo: Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

Photo: Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

Photo: An Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center - Wildlife Alliance.

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An Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center – Wildlife Alliance.

Photo: An Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center - Wildlife Alliance.

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An Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center – Wildlife Alliance.

Photo: An Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center - Wildlife Alliance.

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An Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center – Wildlife Alliance.

Photo: An Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center - Wildlife Alliance.

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An Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center – Wildlife Alliance.

Photo: Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia (Aviario Nacional de Colombia).

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Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia (Aviario Nacional de Colombia).

Photo: Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia (Aviario Nacional de Colombia).

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Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia (Aviario Nacional de Colombia).

Photo: Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia (Aviario Nacional de Colombia).

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Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia (Aviario Nacional de Colombia).

Photo: Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia (Aviario Nacional de Colombia).

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Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the National Aviary of Colombia (Aviario Nacional de Colombia).

Photo: Lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) at Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB). This species is listed as Vulnerable on IUCN.

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Lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) at Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB).
This species is listed as Vulnerable on IUCN.

Photo: Lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) at Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB). This species is listed as Vulnerable on IUCN.

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Lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) at Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB).
This species is listed as Vulnerable on IUCN.

Photo: Lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) at Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB). This species is listed as Vulnerable on IUCN.

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Lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) at Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB).
This species is listed as Vulnerable on IUCN.

Photo: An endangered milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) at Penang Bird Park.

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An endangered milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) at Penang Bird Park.

Photo: An endangered milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) at Penang Bird Park.

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An endangered milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) at Penang Bird Park.

Photo: An endangered milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) at Penang Bird Park.

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An endangered milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) at Penang Bird Park.

Photo: An endangered milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) at Penang Bird Park.

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An endangered milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) at Penang Bird Park.

A federally endangered wood stork (Mycteria Americana) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

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A federally endangered wood stork (Mycteria Americana) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

A federally endangered wood stork (Mycteria Americana) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

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A federally endangered wood stork (Mycteria Americana) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

A federally endangered wood stork (Mycteria Americana) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

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A federally endangered wood stork (Mycteria Americana) at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

A pair of Abdim's storks, (Ciconia abdimii) also known as white-bellied storks at the Columbus Zoo.

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A pair of Abdim’s storks, (Ciconia abdimii) also known as white-bellied storks at the Columbus Zoo.

Photo: Egrets and wood storks feed as a caiman drifts past in the marshes of Brazil's Pantanal, along the northern Transpantaniera Highway.

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Egrets and wood storks feed as a caiman drifts past in the marshes of Brazil’s Pantanal, along the northern Transpantaniera Highway.

Photo: Egrets and various wading birds forage in the marshes of Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Egrets and various wading birds forage in the marshes of Brazil’s Pantanal region.

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