#Ciconiidae

[birdblues]

Asian Openbill Stork

[herpsandbirds]

Black-necked Storks (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), L - female and R - male, family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes, Jamnagar, India

photograph by Atish Chapadiya

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A marabou stork (Leptoptilus crumenifer) in Tsavo National Park, Kenya

by Dale Harding

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[1242/10977] Black-necked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

Order: Ciconiiformes (storks) Family: Ciconiidae

Photo credit: Ged Tranter via Macaulay Library

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Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)

© William Bezodis

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White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

© Kevin Hughes

[podartists]

Hausstorch, Ciconia alba | Die Vogel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library

[andmaybegayer]

Marabou storks are absolutely grungy halloween-ass birds at the best of times, but when there are a hundred or more sitting in a field of dead trees just after sunset you feel like they've gone past making the point.

Kruger National Park

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White stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Tiout, Souss-Massa, Morocco - 21-03-2024

[boxofvanishingsenses]

58 cal chocolate raspberry ‘cake’

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White Stork - Memphis Zoo, Prentiss Place, Memphis, TN, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Ciconia ciconia

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population increasing)

Mass: 7.4 lbs (Adult) 

Family: Ciconiidae

Class: Aves

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Ciconiiformes

The white stork is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100–115 cm from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155–215 cm wingspan.

White storks prefer a habitat with low or shallow standing water, such as ponds or permanent pools, surrounded by tall trees to nest. They will hunt for food in wetlands, meadows and farmlands, though they tend to avoid areas with extremely tall grass or shrubs.

White storks breed throughout Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia, and migrate south into sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia for the winter. They arrive on their southern wintering grounds by October, traveling in large flocks that may number in the thousands.

[birdblues]

Jabiru

[herpsandbirds]

Painted Storks (Mycteria leucocephala), family on nest, family Ciconiidae, India

photograph by J.M. Garg

[snototter]

A painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) in Bhitarkanika Mangroves National Park, India

by praveen pandian

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[5/10,976] Abdim’s Stork - Ciconia abdimii

Order: Ciconiiformes (storks) Family: Ciconiidae

Photo credit: Gediminas at London Zoo

[animalids]

Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)

Photo by Fabrice Stoger