Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Mycteria ibis
Lakes, marshes, lagoons.
Sw Mauritania, Senegambia, s Mali, s Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad, s Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and n,e S. Africa in Transvaal, Orange Free State and Natal; w Madagascar.

Ciconia nigra
Streams, ponds, lakes and swampy meadows, usually in or near forest. Iberian Peninsula; and from Germany and Estonia s to Balkans and Greece (formerly n to Denmark and Sweden), e across c Russia and c Siberia to Amurland and Sakhalin, s to n,sc Iran, n Afghanistan, Mongolia and n China. Africa in Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and S. Africa.

Ciconia ciconia
Grassland, steppe, savanna, marshes, farms, near human habitation, often nesting on chimneys or roofs. Formerly more widespread. Locally in continental Europe e to w Russia and Austria, formerly s Sweden but now absent from Scandinavia; nw Africa from Morocco e to Tunisia, Turkey, Near East, n,c Iraq, w,n Iran, e Transcaucasus, Turkestan, Tadzhikistan, s Tibet and w,ne China. Sporadically in Kenya, s Zambia, w,c Mozambique, Zimbabwe and S. Africa.

Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Savanna, open areas, near human habitation. Senegambia and s Mauritania, s Mali, Burkina Faso, s Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad and s Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, and s to Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and ne S. Africa in Transvaal and Natal.

---