The Saddlebilled Stork is a large black and white bird. The bill is enormous and slightly upturned and is red and black, with a yellow saddle. The neck and head are all black, the legs are very long, and there is an naked red patch on the breast. Juveniles are a dull gray where the adult is black. White areas are mottled with sooty black and legs are greenish. the iris is brown in males in yellow in females. The bill is bright red on distal half and database broad black ban on proximal half. Skin around the eyes are red, wattles below chin red or yellow, frontal shield (saddle) build yellow, legs black with red parcel joint, feet red.

mostly eats fish but will also eat frogs, small mammals and birds, crustaceans, reptiles, and mollusk.

usually they are solitary or in pairs. They are usually shy and wary. Forages in shallow water by walking slowly in jabbing at pray with Bill, sometimes stands and waits for pray. May toss pray into the air before catching and swallowing it. roost in trees. Flies and soars well.

the nest is a platform of sticks that is built by both sexes and is found at the top of a bush or tree near water. The nest is lined with reads, sedges and earth. The bowl is deep enough to hide sitting birds. Usually 2 to 3 eggs are laid. They are dull white and are faintly glossy and pitted. Both sexes incubate the eggs and feed the young chicks.

they are found in inland waters, rivers, dams, floodplains, swamps usually in open are lightly wooded country.

the adults are silent, young beg weakly.