The White Stork
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Aivar Mikko / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
B27BG3File size:
75 MB (1.5 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5120 x 5120 px | 43.3 x 43.3 cm | 17.1 x 17.1 inches | 300dpiLocation:
Estonia: Tartu: IhasteMore information:
The White Stork Ciconia ciconia is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae breeding in the warmer parts of Europe north to Estonia northwest Africa and southwest Asia east to southern Kazakhstan It is a strong migrant wintering mainly in tropical Africa down to the south of South Africa and also in the Indian subcontinent It is a huge bird 100 125 cm 40 50 in tall with a 155 200 cm 61 79 in wingspan and a weight of 2 3 4 5 kg 5 10 lbs It is completely white except for the black wing flight feathers and its red bill and legs which are black on juveniles It walks slowly and steadily on the ground Like all storks with the exception of the Leptoptilos genus it flies with its neck outstretched There are two subspecies HBW Ciconia ciconia ciconia Linnaeus 1758 Europe northwest Africa westernmost Asia wintering in Africa Ciconia ciconia asiatica Severtsov 1873 West central Asia wintering in India The Oriental White Stork Ciconia boyciana now regarded as a distinct species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the White Stork