Oriental stork: Ciconia boyciana Swinh. from Japan
Ciconia boyciana
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Ciconia boyciana
New Latin name Ciconia boyciana
Common name Nederlands: Zwartsnavelooievaar
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The Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana) is a large, white bird with black wing feathers in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is closely related to and resembles the European white stork (Ciconia ciconia), of which it was formerly often treated as a subspecies. Unlike its more widespread cousin, the Oriental stork has red skin around its eye, with a whitish iris and black bill. The Oriental storks are found in Japan, Manchuria, Korea and Siberia.
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Ciconia
Species: Ciconia boyciana R. Swinhoe, 1873 |