Oriental Stork - BirdForum Opus

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Ciconia boyciana

Photo by Rob

Identification

110 to 115cm. Weight Males 5.0kg. Females 4.7kg. All white, black lower scapulars, tertials, greater coverts, primaries and secondaries. Red legs. Juveniles have browner greater coverts and duller legs.

Distribution

Siberia and north-east China.

Taxonomy

Photo by stoop
Niigata, Japan, November 2016

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Wet meadows, marshes with scattered clumps of trees, river valleys.

Behaviour

Its diet includes insects, fishes, amphibians, also small reptiles and mammals.

It builds solitary nests in forest patches interspersed with moss-sedges and reeds, made out of dead branches with a cup shaped lining of grasses. 2-6 eggs are laid.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Oriental Stork. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Oriental_Stork

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