
The White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100–115 cm from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155–215 cm wingspan. The two subspecies, which differ slightly in size, breed in Europe, northwestern Africa, southwestern Asia and southern Africa.
Similar species: Storks
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Uploaded May 29, 2012. Captured May 18, 2012 12:11 in Stevensbeekseweg 23A, 5825 Overloon, The Netherlands.