A colorful drawing of an oriental stork, with a semi-abstract background. Written along the bird's wing is it's scientific, Latin name Ciconia boyciana.
Illustration of an oriental stork, without color, showing just the linework.
Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana)
Status:🔶️ Endangered
These wading birds are native to Eastern Asia, where they eat fish, amphibians, small birds, reptiles, and rodents. Their main threats involve deforestation and development of wetland areas for agriculture.
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![Running towards the right across some text, a delicately tinted, smiling stork. It has a long neck and long body, a drooping tail, a small head with a medium-length hooked beak and impressively sturdy feet with large clawed feet. Image from Kongelige Bibliotek, GKS 1633 4° [Bestiary of Ann Walsh], folio 34v.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreigjqaakfuntua2dgidt5qk3z37jp2xltbk7xxqt7giuo2kci23jpq)
![A cartoon-style drawing of two birds nesting in the opening of a brick turret-like chimney. The birds are white with black-trimmed wings. One is shown sitting on the nest and the other is shown standing behind it with its extremely large beak raised into the air. Image from Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404 [Rothschild Canticles], folio 121r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreifssfksdjirmsy3vynx4fadfjxk4qxpbox5k44wskl7gh6csmhyaq)
![A pair of white large birds with long necks and dark-grey trimmed wings. The nearer bird is shown looking up with its neck hunched into its back and its long pointed orange beak open. The other bird is shown crouching down with an olive-coloured frog caught in its orange beak. Their legs and feet are the same colour as their beak and they are shown on a gilt background in a red and blue circle inside a square faded red frame with white decoration. Image from Aberdeen University Library, Univ. Lib. MS 24 [Aberdeen Bestiary (Second Family)], folio 49r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreifb5bf2cnjzh36vaimlznyjbsgvmtabvvebrd4wntdrmuscbap3ua)
