Information about Black Stork
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The Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.
It is a widespread, but rare, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe, predominantly in central and eastern regions.
This is a large bird, nearly 1 m tall with a 1.8 m wingspan, weighs around 3 kilograms. It is all black except for the white belly and axillaries, and its red bill and legs. It walks slowly and steadily on the ground. Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched.
It breeds in large marshy wetlands with interspersed coniferous or broadlived woodlands, but inhabits also hills and mountains with sufficient network of creeks. It builds a stick nest high in trees. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork.
The Black Stork, feeds mainly on fish and also amphibians and insects.
This stork has a rasping call, but rarely indulges in mutual bill-clattering when adults meet at the nest.
The Black Stork is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Migration
The Black Stork is a strong migrant, wintering in tropical Africa. However, the Spanish population is resident. The Black Stork is a broad-winged soaring bird, which relies on moving between thermals of hot air for sustained long distance flight. Since thermals only form over land, storks, together with large raptors, must cross the Mediterranean at the narrowest points, and many Black Storks can be seen going through the Bosphorus. They fly approximately 100 to 250 km a day with daily maxima up to 500 km.)
Red Line: Migration Border
Orange Arrow: Western Migration
Yellow Arrow: Eastern Migration
Blue: Winter Location
Orange Arrow: Western Migration
Yellow Arrow: Eastern Migration
Blue: Winter Location
Western Migration
About 10 percent of the western storks choose the passage Sicily - Cap Bon, Tunisia. The common route goes over Gibraltar. Many birds are flying around the Sahara next to the coast. Most birds are wintering in the wetlands of Nigeria or Mali.Eastern Migration
The eastern birds take the route Bosphorus-Sinai-Nile. Birds from the Far East winter in the south of China.Time of Migration
The storks migrate from the middle of August to the end of September. They come back at the middle of march.References
- BirdLife International (2004). Ciconia nigra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Mullarney, Svensson, Zetterstrom and Grant, Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0-00-219728-6
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Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. As such they do not qualify as threatened, nor Near Threatened, nor (prior to 2001) Conservation Dependent.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
See below
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
See below
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Ciconiiformes
Bonaparte, 1854
Families
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Bonaparte, 1854
Families
- Ardeidae
- Cochlearidae (the Boat-billed Heron)
- Balaenicipitidae (the Shoebill)
- Scopidae (the Hammerkop)
- Ciconiidae
- Threskiornithidae
- Cathartidae
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Ciconiidae
Gray, 1840
Genera
See text.
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae.
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Gray, 1840
Genera
See text.
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae.
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Ciconia
Brisson, 1760
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Xenorhynchus
Ciconia is a genus of birds in the stork family.
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Brisson, 1760
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Xenorhynchus
Ciconia is a genus of birds in the stork family.
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné)
Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Ciconiidae
Gray, 1840
Genera
See text.
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae.
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Gray, 1840
Genera
See text.
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae.
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Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea,
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Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Orders & Families
Cordaitales †
Pinales
Pinaceae - Pine family
Araucariaceae - Araucaria family
Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family
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Class: Pinopsida
Orders & Families
Cordaitales †
Pinales
Pinaceae - Pine family
Araucariaceae - Araucaria family
Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family
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woodland is a area covered in trees, differentiated from a forest. In these terms, a forest has a largely closed canopy – the branches and foliage of trees interlock overhead to provide extensive and nearly continuous shade.
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hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain, in a limited area. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of scarp slope without a well-defined summit (e.g. Box Hill).
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mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill, but there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable
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C. ciconia
Binomial name
Ciconia ciconia
Linnaeus, 1758
The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia
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Binomial name
Ciconia ciconia
Linnaeus, 1758
Distribution and migration of the White Stork
The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia
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Amphibia
Linnaeus, 1758
Subclasses and Orders
Order Temnospondyli - extinct
Subclass Lepospondyli - extinct
Subclass Lissamphibia
Order Anura
Order Caudata
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Linnaeus, 1758
Subclasses and Orders
Order Temnospondyli - extinct
Subclass Lepospondyli - extinct
Subclass Lissamphibia
Order Anura
Order Caudata
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Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
Subclass Apterygota
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
Subclass Apterygota
- * Archaeognatha (bristletails)
- * Thysanura (silverfish)
- * Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic)
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The AEWA - The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds - is an independent international treaty developed under the auspices of the UNEP/Convention on Migratory Species.
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Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of birds. Migrations include movements of varied distances made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather.
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
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Motto
"Plus Ultra" (Latin)
"Further Beyond"
Anthem
"Marcha Real" 1
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"Plus Ultra" (Latin)
"Further Beyond"
Anthem
"Marcha Real" 1
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- Accipitriformes
- Pandionidae
- Accipitridae
- Sagittariidae
- Falconiformes
- Falconidae
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Mediterranean is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.
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Bosporus or Bosphorus, also known as the Istanbul Strait, (Turkish: İstanbul Boğazı) (Greek: Βόσπορος
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