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The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) 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 (39–45 in) from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155–215 cm (61–85 in) wingspan.
Painted stork Ciconiidae is a family of heavy-bodied, large-billed wading birds in the monotypic order Ciconiiformes. Most species in the family are called storks, although some have different common names: two species in the genus Anastomus are known as openbills, two from the genus Leptoptilos are called adjutants, and three species are called jabiru. Storks are found in tropical and ...
The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the white stork (Ciconia ciconia) as the type species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The genus name is the Latin word for "stork", [ 3 ] and was originally recorded in the works of Horace and Ovid .
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae.Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100 to 115 centimetres (39 to 45 inches) from the beak tip to the end of the tail, with a wingspan of 155 to 215 centimetres (61 to 85 inches).
Ciconia is the genus of true storks, ... White stork This page was last edited on 15 February 2019, at 19:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The body plumage is mainly white in all the species, with black in the flight feathers of the wings. The Old World species have bright yellow bills, red or yellow bare facial skin, and red legs; these parts are much duller in the American wood stork. Juvenile Mycteria storks are duller versions of the adults, generally browner and with paler bills.
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A white stork (Ciconia ciconia) throwing offspring out of the nest near El Cortalet. The typical plants of the salt, brackish and freshwater zones of the Aiguamolls include, in particular, the marsh bristlegrass, the marram grass in the shore zones facing the Mediterranean Sea and the seaweed (Salicornia europaea).