Stats

Lifespan

20-30 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

Europe Africa Asia

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

This large white bird nests on high platforms across Europe and western Asia. It clatters its beak loudly to communicate instead of using a traditional song.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Ciconiiformes

Family

Ciconiidae

Genus

Ciconia

Species

Ciconia ciconia