Birds: Storks

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Yellow-billed stork

The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), sometimes also called the wood stork or wood ibis, is a large African wading stork.

Shoebill

The shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) also known as whalehead, whale-headed stork, or shoe-billed stork, is a very large stork-like bird. It lives in tropical east Africa in large swamps from South Sudan to Zambia.

Black Stork

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) occurs in eastern Europe and Asia.

Painted stork

The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

Wood stork

The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large American wading bird in the family Ciconiidae (storks). It was formerly called the "wood ibis", though it is not an ibis. It is found in subtropical and tropical habitats in the Americas, including the Caribbean.

Black-necked Stork

The black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. It is a resident species across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia with a disjunct population in Australia.

Lesser Adjutant Stork

The lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is a widespread species found from India through Southeast Asia to Java.

White Stork

The National Bird of Germany and Belarus
The White stork (Ciconia ciconia) nest in Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. In Estonia, there are plenty of nesting storks.

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White stork

White Stork

As you already know: babies are being brought by storks.