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The storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills. They occur in most of the warmer regions of the world. They tend to live in drier habitats than their relatives the herons, spoonbills and Ibises, and lack the powder down that those groups use to clean off fish slime. Many species are migratory. Storks eat frogs, fish and small birds or mammals.
The storks are members of the order Ciconiiformes, along with several other groups of wading birds as shown below:
The species are:
Genus Mycteria
- Milky Stork , Mycteria cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork , Mycteria ibis
- Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala
- Wood StorkWood Stork : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Ciconiiformes : Ciconiidae Mycteria americana Binomial name Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758 The Wood Stork Mycteria americana is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a tropical species which, Mycteria americana
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Genus Anastomas
- Asian Openbill StorkAsian Openbill Stork : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Ciconiiformes : Ciconiidae Anastomus oscitans Binomial name Anastomus oscitans Boddaert, 1783 The Asian Openbill Stork Anastomus oscitans is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a re, Anastomus oscitans
- African Openbill Stork , Anastomus lamelligerus
Genus Ciconia
- Abdim's Stork , Ciconia abdimii
- Woolly-necked StorkWoolly-necked Stork : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Ciconiiformes : Ciconiidae Ciconia episcopus Binomial name Ciconia episcopus ( Boddaert, 1783) The Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a wide, Ciconia episcopus
- Storm's Stork , Ciconia stormi
- Maguari Stork , Ciconia maguari
- Oriental White Stork , Ciconia boyciana
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Black StorkBlack Stork 1862 engraving : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Ciconiiformes : Ciconiidae Ciconia nigra Binomial name Ciconia nigra Linnaeus, 1758 The Black Stork Ciconia nigra is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species w Ciconia nigra
Genus Ephippiorhynchus
- Black-necked Stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Saddle-billed Stork , Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Genus Jabiru
Genus Leptoptilus
The White Stork is the symbol of Den Haag, the national bird of Denmark, and unoffically the symbol of Poland, where about 25% of its population breed.
In popular Western culture, a common euphemism for childbirth is a stork delivering an infant by wrapping it in cloths and holding them in its beak.
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