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White Stork

Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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 (39–45 in) from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155–215 cm (61–85 in) wingspan. The two subspecies, which differ slightly in size, breed in Europe, northwestern Africa, southwestern Asia and southern Africa. The white stork is a long-distance migrant, wintering in Africa from tropical Sub-Saharan Africa to as far south as South Africa, or on the Indian subcontinent. When migrating between Europe and Africa, it avoids crossing the Mediterranean Sea and detours via the Levant in the east or the Strait of Gibraltar in the west, because the air thermals on which it depends for soaring do not form over water. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ciconiidae
Genus:
   Ciconia
Scientific:
  Ciconia ciconia

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.142

Protonym:
  Ardea Ciconia

Type locality:
  Europe, Asia, Africa; restricted type locality, Sweden.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/161/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  28825494A08AFE5A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-28825494

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/28825494

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174907

Geographic range:

  • Ciconia ciconia ciconia: W Palearctic and w Asia: winters to tropical and South Africa
  • Ciconia ciconia asiatica: Turkestan; winters to Iran and India
Source: Clements checklist
English:
White Stork
Catalan:
Cigonya blanca
Czech:
čáp bílý
Danish:
Hvid Stork
German:
Weißstorch
Spanish:
Cigüeña Blanca
Spanish (Spain):
Cigüeña Blanca
Finnish:
kattohaikara
French:
Cigogne blanche
Croatian:
Bijela roda
Hungarian:
Fehér gólya
Icelandic:
Hvítstorkur
Italian:
Cicogna bianca
Japanese (romaji):
shubashikou
Japanese:
シュバシコウ
Lithuanian:
Baltasis gandras
Dutch:
Ooievaar
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Stork
Norwegian:
Stork
Polish:
bocian biały
Portuguese:
Cegonha-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
Cegonha-branca
Russian:
Белый аист
Slovak:
bocian biely
Serbian:
Bela roda
Swedish:
vit stork
Ukrainian:
Лелека білий
Chinese:
白鹳
Chinese (Traditional):
白鸛

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
European White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
European White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
European White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Cigogne blanche ( Ciconia ciconia) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ciconia ciconia [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ciconia ciconia [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ciconia [ciconia or boyciana] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Abkhazian: аҞараҳан, аҞарҳан, аМшзырҳага, аШЬапызаүә, аШЬапызаүәқәа
Afrikaans: Witooievaar
Altai: кара чилен
Arabic: اللقلق, اللقلق الأبيض, لقلق ابيض
Asturian: Cigoña, Cigoña Cande, Cigüeña blanca
Azerbaijani: Ağ leylək, Hacıleylək, hacıleylək haҹылеjләк
Bashkir: аҡ ҡауҙы
Belarusian: Белы бусел, Бусел белы
Bulgarian: Бял щъркел
Bengali: ধরা ভাচনকমজাড় , ধলা মানিকজোড়
Bengali (transliteration): dhalā mānikajōṛa
Breton: Ar c'hwibon gwenn, C'hwibon wenn
Catalan: Cigonya, Cigonya blanca
Catalan (Balears): Cigonya
Montenegrin: bijela roda, бијела рода
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): бијела рода
Czech: Cáp bílý, Čáp bílý, èáp bílý
Chuvash: шурă аист, шурă шапа тарçи
Welsh: Ciconia gwyn
Danish: Hvid Stork, Stork
German: Weißstorch
Greek: Ασπροπελαργός, Λευκός Πελαργός, Πελαργός
Greek (Cypriot): Ασπροπελαργός
English: European White Stork, White Stork
English, HBW: White Stork
English (IOC): White Stork
English (Kenya): White Stork
English (United States): White Stork
Esperanto: Blanka cikonio
Spanish: Cigúeña blanca, Cigüeña Blanca, Cigueña común, Ciguëña común, Cigüeña Común, Giguëña común
Spanish (Spain): Cigüeña Blanca
Spanish (HBW): Cigüeña blanca
Estonian: Valge-toonekurg
Basque: Amiamoko zuri, Amiamoko zuria, Cigonya blanca, Zikoina zuria
Persian: لک ‌لک سفید, لک‌لک سفید , لک‌لک سفید (حاجی لک‌لک)
Finnish: Kattohaikara
Faroese: Storkur
French: Cigogne blanche
Friulian: cicogne, cicogne blancje
Frisian: Earrebarre
Irish: Storc Bán
Guadeloupean Creole French: Cigogne
Gaelic: Corra Bhàn
Galician: Cegoña branca, Cigonya blanca
Manx: Stork bane
Hebrew: חסידה לבנה
Croatian: Bijela roda, Roda
Hungarian: Fehér gólya
Armenian: [Spitak Aragil ], Սպիտակ Արագիլ
Icelandic: Hvítstorkur
Italian: Cicogna bianca
Japanese (romaji): Konotori, kounotori, shu-bashi kō, shubashikou
Japanese: コウノトリ, シュバシコウ
Japanese (Kanji): 朱嘴鸛
Georgian: თეთრი ყარყატი, ლაკლაკი
Kara-Kalpak: ақ ләйлек
Kabardian: псыхэуэщӀыбыпцӀэ
Mongolian, Halh: магуарын өрөвтас
Kazakh: Ақ дегелек, ақ құтан, Ақ ләйлік, аққұтан, ақләйлек, киелі құс, ләйлек
Greenlandic: Ungasorsuaq
Korean: 황새
Karachay-Balkar: акъ лелек, лакъылдакъ, лелек
North Karelian: kattohaikara
Cornish: Hwibon wynn, Whybon wyn
Kwangali: Nkumbinkumbi
Kirghiz: ак куназ, ак кунас, аккунас, илегилек, илек-илек, легилек
Scientific: Ardea Ciconia, Ciconia ciconia, Ciconia ciconia ciconia, Ciconia Linnéi
Luxembourgish: Wäisse Storch , Wäisse Stuerk
Lithuanian: Baltasis gandras
Latvian: Baltais stārķis
Macedonian: Бел штрк, штрк
Malayalam: വെണ്‍ബകം, വെൺ‍ബകം
Mongolian: магуарын өрөвтас
Moldavian: Barză albă, Cocostârc alb
Malay: Burung Botak Putih
Maltese: Cikonja Bajda, Ċikonja Bajda
Nepali: सेतो गरुड
Dutch: Gewone Ooievaar, Ooievaar
Norwegian Nynorsk: Stork
Norwegian: Stork
Sotho, Northern: Leakaboswana le Lešweu
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): valgeipiäsorzu
Polish: bocian bialy, Bocian biały
Pinyin: bái guàn
Portuguese: cegonha branca, Cegonha-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): Cegonha-branca
Romansh: Cicogna alva
Rhaeto-Romance: Cicogna alva
Romanian: Barză albă
Russian: Bely Aist, Аист белый, Белый аист
Northern Sami: Stohpoháigir, Vilgesháigir
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Sudu Manawa
Slovak: Bocian biely
Slovenian: bela štorklja
Albanian: Lejleku, Lejleku i bardhe
Serbian: Bela roda, bijela roda, Бела рода
Sotho, Southern: Mokoroane
Swedish: Vit stork
Swahili: Korongo Mweupe
Tamil: Sengaal Narai
Tajik: лаклаки сафед
Thai: นกกระสาขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók krà-săa kʰăaw
Turkmen: ak leglek
Tswana: Lekôlôlwane
Turkish: Beyaz Leylek, Leylek
Tsonga: Gumba
Tatar: ак ләкләк
Ukrainian: Білий лелека, Лелека білий
Uzbek: оқ лайлак
Vietnamese: Hạc trắng
Kalmyk: цаһан ханчилду, цаһан цең, цең
Xhosa: Ingwamza
Chinese: 白 鹳, 白鹳
Chinese (Traditional): 白鸛
Zulu: uNogolantethe

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