The Hammerkop is one of those birds that is unique enough to deserve its own family. Hamerkop means hammerhead and sometimes this bird is known as the Hammerhead Stork.
It lives in SW Arabia and Africa south of the Sahara. It primarily inhabits shallow wetlands.
Classification:
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Scopidae
Genus: Scopus
Species: S. umbretta
Photos:
Pássaro Martelo // Hamerkop
Hamerkop
Hamerkop Drinking
Hamerkop in flight 0R7E0396
Bathawk posted a photo:. Hamerkop. Tendada Camp, Gambia, West Africa. Read more…
This photo from the TrekNature travel gallery is titled ‘Hamerkop Photo’. Read more…
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Commentary:
This hamerkop was drinking in the rice fields this morning as Dan, Beth, and I drove to Tumaini. Dan and Beth humor me as I stop the vehicle to take bird pictures. God’s creative diversity … Read more…
All day a Hamerkop waded in the water-hole, stalking elegantly like a heron, darting its beak to catch insects and once, a frog. I was amazed to watch it washing its food—I wasn’t aware tha… Read more…
There was also a Hamerkop roosting on the far shore, which was actually one of the few I saw not flying (most mornings I would see a pair flying upriver by camp). Hippos and hippo watching; Hab… Read more…
a few days ago a friend who had read the previous post (see archive) about the nest of the hamerkop (scopus umbretta), alerted me about another nest in the same vicinity. i went out today to ha… Read more…
in oct 2006 i saw first saw the beginnings of this nest of a hamerkop (scopus umbretta) next to the road to goedemoed in aliwal district. it was interesting to observe this nest being built nex… Read more…
This is one of five tame Hamerkop birds. They are second generation being hand raised on the farm. Their parents fell out of the nest above the swimming pool and have always lived on the farm. … Read more…
