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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The typical genus of storks of the family Ciconiidæ. The best-known species are the common white and black storks of Europe, C. alba and C. nigra. See
stork , and cut underCiconiidæ .
WordNet 3.0
- n. type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks
Examples
“As I mentioned in this post, the white storks (Ciconia ciconia) get special treatment in Turkey.”
“It is also essential winter habitat for up to 500,000 overwintering ducks and waterbirds such as teal Anas crecca (160,000), wigeon Anas Penelope (100,000), greylag goose Anser anser (100,000), most of Spain's herons, white stork Ciconia ciconia, stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus and slender-billed gull Larus genei.”
“The avifauna includes black stork Ciconia nigra, white stork Ciconia ciconia, golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, greater spotted eagle A. clanga (VU), white-tailed eagle Haliaetus albicilla, great snipe Gallinaga media, corncrake Crex crex, eagle owl Bubo bubo. great grey owl Strix nebulosa and Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata.”
“As I mentioned in this post, the white storks Ciconia ciconia get special treatment in Turkey.”
“Chobe National Park is one of the main breeding sites for the rare slaty egret (Egretta vinaceigula, VU), and the eastern population of the white stork (Ciconia ciconia) uses the Luangwa Valley as its wintering ground.”
“The Igneada bottomland forests support a breeding population of Ciconia nigra and a high number of C. ciconia and other migratory raptors.”
“Waterbirds using the ecoregion include little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), white stork (Ciconia ciconia), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), and night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax).”
“Other rare birds that breed here are great bustard (Otis tarda) and white stork (Ciconia ciconia).”
“Migrant marsh harrier Circus cyaneus and reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus are common, also the threatened migrant white stork Ciconia ciconia.”
“On the west coast of Turkey he encountered white storks Ciconia ciconia to which he referred as cranes.”
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