Abdim's Stork/

White-bellied Stork

Ciconia abdimii

Abdim's Stork has a blue face and a purple iridescent sheen on its black plumage. It lives in eastern sub-Saharan Africa. (Abdim was an Ottoman governor in Sudan.)

Males look similar to . . .

. . . females

Abdim's Storks around chicks in the nest