Oriental Stork
Ciconia boyciana
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 1,754
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
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 Kounotori; Korean: 황새 Hwangsae) is a large, white bird with black-feathered wings in the stork family Ciconiidae.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Oriental stork”.