Storks

Black Stork

Ciconia nigra

The Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is a 2.9 kg woodland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Storks

Order

Ciconiiformes

Weight

2.9 kg

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

78

Recorded in France, Spain, Israel, Netherlands, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, India, Germany, South Africa, Ethiopia, Poland, Greece, Bulgaria, Portugal, Sweden, Sudan, Egypt, Czechia, Romania, Georgia, Belarus, Austria, Belgium, Jordan, Latvia, Hungary, China, Palestine, Central African Rep., Russia, Chad, Denmark, Kenya, Nepal, Estonia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Taiwan, Serbia, Croatia, S. Sudan, Mongolia, Italy, Cameroon, Luxembourg, Moldova, Senegal, Syria, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Lebanon, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, Switzerland, Namibia, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Botswana, Iran, Gambia, Bhutan, Oman, Zambia, Benin, Azerbaijan, Thailand, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Malawi, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Tunisia, eSwatini, GI.

Where to see it: Gabal el Zayt (Egypt); Sakhalvasho Raptor Watchpoint (Georgia); Kalloni Salt Pans (Αλυκές Καλλονής) (Greece); Atanasovsko Lake · Migration Observation Point (Tochkata) (Bulgaria); Kafrayn Reservoir (Jordan).

Photo: Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons