stork

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Ciconia ciconia, white stork

the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill

Ciconia nigra, black stork

Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below

Leptoptilus dubius, adjutant, adjutant bird, adjutant stork

large Indian stork with a military gait

Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou, marabou stork, marabout

large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments

openbill

stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip

Jabiru mycteria, jabiru

large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, jabiru, saddlebill

large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle

Xenorhyncus asiaticus, black-necked stork, jabiru, policeman bird

large mostly white Australian stork

Mycteria americana, flinthead, wood ibis, wood stork

an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics

Type of:

wader, wading bird

any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food