Listen to the white stork
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About the white stork
The white stork is a bird in the family Ciconiidae (order Ciconiiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 191 cm and weigh around 110 g.
What does the white stork sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as klapperstorch. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100–115 cm (39–45 in) from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155–215 cm (61–85 in) wingspan. The two subspecies, which differ slightly in size, breed in Europe north to Finland, northwestern Africa, Palearctic east to southern Kazakhstan and southern Africa. The white stork is a long-distance migrant, wintering in Africa from tropical Sub-Saharan Africa to as far south as South Africa, or on the Indian subcontinent. When migrating between Europe and Africa, it avoids crossing the Mediterranean Sea and detours via the Levant in the east or the Strait of Gibraltar in the west, because the air thermals on which it depends for soaring do not form over water.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a white stork sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the white stork on this page, including its klapperstorch. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the white stork endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the white stork as “least concern”.
What family does the white stork belong to?
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) belongs to the family Ciconiidae in the order Ciconiiformes.
Sources & credits
- Klapperstorch by Jugrü – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q25352 – CC0
- Wikipedia: White stork – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Carlos Delgado – CC BY-SA 3.0