White stork in a field. White stork (lat. Ciconia Ciconia) is a large wading bird of the family iscovich. It is a white bird with black wing tips, long neck, long thin red beak and long reddish legs. When the wings of a stork composed, giving the impression that the entire rear part of the body of the black stork. Females are indistinguishable in color from the males, but slightly smaller. The growth of the white stork is 100-125 cm, wingspan is 155-200 cm, Weight of an adult bird is 4 kg. the life expectancy of a white stork is on average 20 years. Externally on the white stork Oriental stork is similar, but the last time he considered a separate species. Very widespread in Russia and Belarus.

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