most likely due to the loss of optimal feeding habitat.
Another genera of storks tend to be more generalised. Ciconia storks are certainly generalised inside their meal plans, plus some species together with Abdim's stork and marabous will feed in substantial flocks on swarms of locusts and at wildfires.[21][42] This is casino why white storks and Abdim's storks are referred to as "grasshopper birds".