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| Ciconia ciconia |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: Ciconiidae |
Order: Ciconiiformes |
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White stork |
Cigogne blanche |
Cigüeña blanca |
Weißstorch |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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Migratory. Highly dependent on soaring and thus thermals, crossing deserts, but avoiding large bodies of water and extensive forests. Migration of European birds very well known; populations of race ciconia from SE Palearctic may winter mostly from Iran to India. Birds winter in India Sept/Oct-Mar/Apr; one stork ringed in Germany was recovered in NW India. Most migration takes place from mid-morning to early afternoon. (del Hoyo J Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds) 1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after Hancock et al. (1992),
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| Regions: Europe, North Africa, North Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia |
See also current thesis of B.Gerkmann:
Localisation of important biotops of migratory birds
by the use of satellite- and remote sensing data.
http://www.dbu.de/stipendien/stipendiat20003/465.html
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| (Last update: 15.03.04 by E.Heuel) |