Oriental White Stork

Also known as Ciconia boyciana, Boyce's Stork, Oriental Stork, Konotori, Kounotori

species of bird

Species

Endangered

Maximum longevity: 48.1 years (captivity) Observations: One specimen lived 48.1 years at the Amsterdam Zoo (Brouwer et al. 1992).

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Ciconia
Image: Bocian czarnodzioby Ciconia boyciana RB3.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Endangered status
taxon name: Ciconia boyciana
Commons category: Ciconia boyciana
Commons gallery: Ciconia boyciana
taxon common name: Boyce's Stork
wingspan: 197.5
litter size: 3.5
CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES
short name: C. boyciana
taxon range: Nanling Mountains

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Encyclopedic overview

The Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana; traditional Chinese: 東方白鸛; simplified Chinese: 东方白鹳; pinyin: dōngfāng bái guàn; Japanese: コウノトリ Konotori; Korean: 황새 Hwangsae) is a large, white bird with black-feathered wings in the stork family Ciconiidae.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oriental White Stork” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.