Storm's Stork
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Storm's Stork

Ciconia stormi

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
1,140 Verified records at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
March Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

Storm's stork (Ciconia stormi) is a medium-sized stork species that occurs primarily in lowland tropical forests of Malaysia, Indonesia and southern Thailand. It is considered to be the rarest of all storks, and is estimated to number at most 1,750 wild individuals across its geographic range. The population has long been in decline and the primary cause is widely considered to be deforestation of its native habitat. Wikipedia →

50–60% of wildlife watchers report a Storm's Stork sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 1,140 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Lesser Adjutant
NT

Lesser Adjutant

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leptoptilos javanicus

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
50–60
Feb
70–80
Mar
60–70
Apr
40–50
May
50–60
Jun
50–60
Jul
50–60
Aug
60–70
Sep
50–60
Oct
40–50
Nov
50–60
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙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 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
50–60%
2 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
5–10%
3 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
4 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Storm's Stork in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

About 57% of wildlife watchers report a Storm's Stork sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 1,140 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Storm's Stork in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

March has the highest sighting rate for Storm's Stork in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.

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