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Ciconia nigra, Print, The black stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. Measuring on average 95 to 100 cm (37 to 39 in) from beak tip to end of tail with a 145-to-155 cm (57-to-61 in) wingspan, the adult black stork has mainly black plumage, with white underparts, long red legs and a long pointed red beak. A widespread but uncommon species, it breeds in scattered locations across Europe (predominantly in Spain, and central and eastern parts), and Asia to the Pacific Ocean. It is a long-distance migrant, with European populations wintering in tropical Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asian populations in 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. An isolated, non-migratory, population occurs in Southern Africa., 1743-1817.

Ciconia nigra, Print, The black stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. Measuring on average 95 to 100 cm (37 to 39 in) from beak tip to end of tail with a 145-to-155 cm (57-to-61 in) wingspan, the adult black stork has mainly black plumage, with white underparts, long red legs and a long pointed red beak. A widespread but uncommon species, it breeds in scattered locations across Europe (predominantly in Spain, and central and eastern parts), and Asia to the Pacific Ocean. It is a long-distance migrant, with European populations wintering in tropical Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asian populations in 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. An isolated, non-migratory, population occurs in Southern Africa., 1743-1817.
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Ciconia nigra, Print, The black stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. Measuring on average 95 to 100 cm (37 to 39 in) from beak tip to end of tail with a 145-to-155 cm (57-to-61 in) wingspan, the adult black stork has mainly black plumage, with white underparts, long red legs and a long pointed red beak. A widespread but uncommon species, it breeds in scattered locations across Europe (predominantly in Spain, and central and eastern parts), and Asia to the Pacific Ocean. It is a long-distance migrant, with European populations wintering in tropical Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asian populations in 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. An isolated, non-migratory, population occurs in Southern Africa., 1743-1817
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100 CM • 10TH EDITION • 145-TO-155 CM • 1743-1817 • 37 • 39 • 57-TO-61 • ADULT BLACK STORK • AFRICA • AFRICAN • ASIA • ASIAN POPULATIONS • AVERAGE 95 • AVOIDS CROSSING • BEAK TIP • BLACK STORK • BREEDS • CARL LINNAEUS • CENTRAL • CICONIA NIGRA • DETOURS VIA • EAST • EASTERN PARTS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN POPULATIONS WINTERING • FIRST DESCRIBED • GIBRALTAR • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT • ISOLATED • LARGE BIRD • LEVANT • LONG POINTED RED BEAK • LONG RED LEGS • LONG-DISTANCE MIGRANT • MAINLY BLACK PLUMAGE • MEASURING • MEDITERRANEAN SEA • MEDITERRANEAN • MIGRATING • NON-MIGRATORY • OCEAN, PACIFIC • ORIENT • PACIFIC OCEAN • POPULATION • PREDOMINANTLY • PRINT • RACES • SCATTERED LOCATIONS ACROSS EUROPE • SOUTHERN AFRICA • SPAIN • STORK FAMILY CICONIIDAE • STRAIT • SYSTEMA NATURAE • TAIL • TROPICAL SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA • UNCOMMON SPECIES • WEST • WHITE UNDERPARTS • WIDESPREAD • WINGSPAN