Black Stork - Ciconia nigra
Adult is black with metallic purple and green gloss, except for white lower breast, belly, axillaries, and under tail-coverts. Black feathers of lower throat and foreneck elongated to form shaggy chest. Bill, bare loral area, and legs are dull red to bright scarlet; eyes brown. Juvenile similar to adult, but head, neck, and upper breast rather browner with rest of upperparts much less glossy, and pale tips to scapulars and wing and upper tail-coverts. Bill, bare loral area, and legs grey-green.
Lakes, marshes & rivers near forest
Mostly likely to occur in May to September
Breeds locally in central and southern Europe, central and eastern Asia and South Africa. Northern birds winter south to South Asia & Africa.
Scarce visitor
Very rare vagrant
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Species profile
- Common names
- Black Stork
- Species group:
- Birds
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Ciconiiformes
- Family:
- Ciconiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 22/08/2013 (Baker, Rodney)
- Last record:
- 22/08/2013 (Baker, Rodney)
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