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Ciconia ciconia · Family Ciconiidae

Ciconia ciconia

Family Ciconiidae

Order
Ciconiiformes
Family
Ciconiidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,995,898
Countries and territories with records
142
White stork
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About this species

This species has 1,995,898 occurrence records from 142 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (28.2%), Spain (21.5%), France (8.3%), Germany (8.1%) and Portugal (7.2%); together they account for 73.3% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 0.85% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Ciconia ciconia combines the genus name Ciconia with the species epithet ciconia. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Ciconia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ciconia nigra, Ciconia episcopus and Ciconia maguari.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 16 species of the family Ciconiidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 7 times the family average (283,865). The family Ciconiidae belongs to the order Ciconiiformes, which has 16 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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