ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE STORK-LIKE BIRDS
THE STORKS (Family Ciconiidd)
Black Stork
The remaining species of the genus is the Black Stork (C. nigra), a smaller bird than the White, and quite different in habits. The plumage is black above, glossed for the most part with a metallic purple, and pure white below.
The bill, orbital space, and gular pouch are coral-red; the legs and feet red; and the iris brown. It is found from southern Europe to Mongolia and China, and south in winter over Africa and the Indian peninsula, being a rare straggler to England.
The Black Stork avoids human habitations and makes its home in deep swamps, placing its often very large nest in tall forest trees. They lay usually four eggs, which are grayish white in color.
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