White-headed Duck
Oxyura leucocephala
White stork
Ciconia ciconia
The White stork is a migratory bird who spends it’s summer at the Réserve Africaine de Sigean. It causes surprise with it’s bill-clattering, it does this by throwing it’s head backwards, the long beak pointing upwards.
Habitat
Wetlands, rice fields, pastures in Europe, North Africa and West Asia
Feed
Invertebrates and small vertebrates
Classification
Class
Birds
Family
Ciconiidés
Scientific Name
Ciconia ciconia
Conservation status
UICN : LC - least concern (2004)
Some Figures
Size
100 to 120 cm
Weight
3,5 kg
Life Expectancy
25 years
Incubation
35 days
2 to 5 eggs
Discover Also
Hooded vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
Black-crowned crane
Balearica pavonina
African spoonbill
Platalea alba
Black-and-white-casqued hornbill
Bycanistes subcylindricus