White Stork
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White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
3 Verified records at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park

African Woolly-necked Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ciconia microscelis

20–30% · Possible
Black Stork
LC

Black Stork

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ciconia nigra

<5% · Rare
Marabou Stork
LC

Marabou Stork

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leptoptilos crumenifer

<5% · Rare
African Openbilled Stork
LC

African Openbilled Stork

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anastomus lamelligerus

Insufficient data
Yellow-billed Stork
LC

Yellow-billed Stork

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Mycteria ibis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of White Stork at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
50–60%
2 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
50–60%
3 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
40–50%
4 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
40–50%
5 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
40–50%
6 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
30–40%
7 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
30–40%
8 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
30–40%
9 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
10 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
11 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
12 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
5–10%
13 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
5–10%
14 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
5–10%
15 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
16 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
17 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
5–10%
18 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
19 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
20 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
21 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
5–10%
22 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
5–10%
23 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
5–10%
24 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
25 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
26 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
27 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
28 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
29 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
30 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
31 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
<5%
32 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
33 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
34 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
35 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
36 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
37 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
38 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
39 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
40 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
41 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
42 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Insufficient data
43 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Insufficient data
44 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
45 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
46 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
47 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Insufficient data
48 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
49 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
50 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
51 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
52 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
53 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
54 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
55 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
56 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
57 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
Insufficient data
58 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
59 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
60 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
61 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
62 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
63 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
64 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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