A very large bird (about 1,3m tall), an uncommon resident throughout the Southern Africa region and throughout Africa south of the Sahara, except for forested areas. The normal habitat is open grassland. Generally it lives off rodents and insects (occasionally snakes).

 

List of Stamps showing Secretary Bird
Country	SG	Michel	Year	Value
Angola	0480	0361	1951	40A
Angola			2000	15kz
Angola	1568		2000	2kz
Angola	m/s		2000	15kz
Botswana	0224	0023	1967	5c
Botswana	0779	0556	1993	P1.50
Burundi	0129	0145	1965	1f 50
Burundi	0135	0151	1965	6f 50
Burundi	0142	0158	1965	6f
Burundi	0222	0272	1967	1f50
Burundi	0225	0275	1967	6f50
Burundi	0232	0282	1967	6f
Burundi	1196	1349	1977	21f
Burundi	1220	1373	1977	54f
Central African Republic		1773	1997	1500f
Central African Republic			2000	440f
Chad	0797	1119	1985	200f
Chad	0798m/s	1120m	1985	500f
Congo (Brazzaville)	0118	0121	1967	250f
Congo (Brazzaville)	1312	1320	1992	60f
Congo (Kinshasa)	0477	0143	1963	6f
Eritrea	0419	0182	1998	3n
Ethiopia	1153	1044	1980	25c
Gambia	0871	0856	1989	D1
Gambia	1506	1561	1993	D10
Gambia	3762m (c)		2000	D25
Gambia	4151m		2001	D7
Ghana	0358	0199	1964	1½d
Ghana	0364a (a)	Bl 15	1964	1½d
Ghana	1594	1558	1991	c 80
Guinea-Bissau	0556	0473	1978	6p
Lesotho	1076	0957	1992	30s
Lesotho	1928		2004	M1.50
Liberia		2275	1999	50c
Liberia			2000	$10
Liberia	ms		2001	$100
Libya	2264	2102	1995	100dh
Maldives	2785mb		1997	Rf 25
Mozambique	1048		1984	4m
Mozambique			1999	6000m
Somalia		0467	1993	3000s
South Africa	0208	0297	1961	20c
South Africa	0249	0324	1964	20c
Sudan	0481	0446	1991	175p
Sudan	O 497		1991	175p
Swaziland	0098	0100	1962	10c
Swaziland	0151		1968	10c
Tanzania	0343	0189	1981	1s
Togo	2135	2232	1995	5f
Uganda	0843	0816	1990	50s
United Nations (New York)	0804	0816	1999	33c
Zimbabwe	1224		2007	$100 000
Zimbabwe	1225ms		2007	$100 000