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Species
White Stork
Ciconia
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCiconiiformes
- FamilyCiconiidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations76,926
via GBIF
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Species
- Extant species
- Fossils
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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Ciconia ( ; ) is a genus of birds in the stork family. Six of the seven living species occur in the Old World, but the maguari stork has a South American range. In addition, fossils suggest that Ciconia storks were somewhat more common in the tropical Americas in prehistoric times.