White Stork Ciconia ciconia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (46)
- Subspecies (2)
Andrew Elliott, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 19, 2014
Text last updated May 19, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witooievaar |
| Albanian | Lejleku |
| Arabic | لقلق ابيض |
| Armenian | Սպիտակ արագիլ |
| Asturian | Cigñeña blanca |
| Azerbaijani | Ağ leylək |
| Basque | Zikoina zuria |
| Bulgarian | Бял щъркел |
| Catalan | cigonya blanca |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白鹳 |
| Croatian | bijela roda |
| Czech | čáp bílý |
| Danish | Hvid Stork |
| Dutch | Ooievaar |
| English | White Stork |
| English (United States) | White Stork |
| Finnish | kattohaikara |
| French | Cigogne blanche |
| French (France) | Cigogne blanche |
| Galician | Cegoña branca |
| German | Weißstorch |
| Greek | Λευκός Πελαργός |
| Hebrew | חסידה לבנה |
| Hungarian | Fehér gólya |
| Icelandic | Hvítstorkur |
| Italian | Cicogna bianca |
| Japanese | シュバシコウ |
| Latvian | Baltais stārķis |
| Lithuanian | Baltasis gandras |
| Malayalam | വെൺബകം |
| Norwegian | stork |
| Persian | لک لک سفید |
| Polish | bocian biały |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cegonha-branca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cegonha-branca |
| Romanian | Barză albă |
| Russian | Белый аист |
| Serbian | Bela roda |
| Slovak | bocian biely |
| Slovenian | Bela štorklja |
| Spanish | Cigüeña Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cigüeña blanca |
| Swedish | vit stork |
| Thai | นกกระสาขาว |
| Turkish | Leylek |
| Ukrainian | Лелека білий |
Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Ardea Ciconia
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.142.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, Asia, Africa; restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CICONIA
- ciconia
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White Stork
