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Black Stork
Ciconia nigra · Family Ciconiidae
Ciconia nigra
Family Ciconiidae
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- Family
- Ciconiidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 419,826
- Countries and territories with records
- 136
About this species
This species has 419,826 occurrence records from 136 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from France (11.7%), Spain (10.7%), Israel (7.1%), the Netherlands (6.2%) and Türkiye (5.3%); together they account for 41% of the total. In France, this species accounts for 0.083% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ciconia nigra combines the genus name Ciconia with the species epithet nigra. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Ciconia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ciconia ciconia, Ciconia episcopus and Ciconia maguari.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 16 species of the family Ciconiidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ciconia ciconia. Its record count is 1.5 times the family average (283,865). The family Ciconiidae belongs to the order Ciconiiformes, which has 16 species in the Warbla app catalog.