English: Black Stork
Russian: Чёрный аист
French: Cigogne noire
Mongolian: Хар өрөвтас
Japanese: ナベコウ (Nabeko)
Wing span: 173-205 cm
Breeding season: June-August
Egg number: 3-5 (occasionally 2-6)
Egg color: White with brown spots and
Brood: 1 per year
Global status: Least Concern
Regional status: Least Concern
Food: Small rodents, bird chicks, frogs,
fishes, and aquatic invertebrates.
in vast, swampy forests, mostly in aged mixed coniferous forest interspersed
with rivers and marshes. Nest of sticks high in tree crown. Shy and withdrawn
at nest side. Summer visitor, winters in Africa; migrates a mouth later than
White Stork, returns in May.
Barely smaller than White Stork, which it resembles in shape. At close range,
easily told from White by black head, neck, breast and back with metallic green
or violet gloss. In flight at distance the differences can be more difficult to
see than expected; not that underwing has only white triangles on axillaries.
Bill and legs red.
Bill and legs grey-green.