#0746 · 🐦 birds
Black Stork
🇳🇱 Zwarte Ooievaar ·Ciconia nigra
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what is it?
The black stork ( Ciconia nigra ) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. Measuring on average 95 to 100 cm (37 to 39 in) from beak tip to end of tail with a 145-to-155 cm (57-to-61 in) wingspan, the adult black stork has mainly black plumage, with white underparts, long red legs and a long pointed red beak. A widespread, but uncommon, species, it...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 65 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 13,617 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black Stork
- Nederlands
- Zwarte Ooievaar
- scientific name
- Ciconia nigra
- class
- Aves
- order
- Ciconiiformes
- family
- Ciconiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 65
- sightings in Europe
- 8,338
- sightings worldwide
- 13,617
- GBIF records in NL
- 26,202
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Ciconiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4736, Wikidata Q25398, GBIF 2481909, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.