Ciconiidae - storks
 Storks have long legs, long bills, long wings, and long necks. They usually have bare heads and necks. Storks are found in all parts of the world where it is warm. Most stork species are migratory.
Storks don't have a pharynx so they don't have any vocalizations! They clack their bills to communicate!
Storks are wading birds and eat fish, small mammals, amphibians, birds, and insects. Storks usually use the same nesting site from year-to-year, and stork mating pairs will add on to their nest. Stork nests can become as large as six feet in diameter and 10 feet deep.
The wood stork is the only member of this family that breeds in the United States. Small and endangered breeding populations can be found in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The wood stork is also found throughout much of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean, where it is not endangered.
The wood stork stands around 2.5-3.5 feet tall. It has a white body and a featherless black head and neck. It has a long, down-curved yellow bill and long black legs with pinkish feet. It is found in marshes and swamps and walks though shallow water searching for prey like small fish, frogs, and large insects. It locates prey by opening its bill in the water and waiting for prey to run into it! When is feels something touch its bill, it quickly snaps it shut. The wood sotrk was once know as the wood ibis.
The jabiru is a stork found in Central and South America. It is the tallest flying bird found in the Americas. It can be up to five feet tall and can have a wingspan 7-9 feet. It has a white body and a featherless black head and upper neck and a featherless red pouch at the base of its neck.
There are 19 species in this family.
World Status Key
 Least Concern  Near Threatened  Vulnerable  Endangered  Critically Endangered  Extinct in the Wild  Extinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.
US Status Key
 Threatened in US  Threatened in NH  Endangered in US  Endangered in NH  Breeds in NH  Introduced
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game
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Storks
Storks are found on all continents except Antarctica and are most common in tropical regions.
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Abdim's Stork - Ciconia abdimii  
Abdim's stork migrates with the rainfall.
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Asian Openbill - Anastomus oscitans
The Asian openbill is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Black Stork - Ciconia nigra 
The black stork is found from Spain to China during the nesting season.
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Black Stork - Ciconia nigra
The black stork has a black head, upperparts, wings, tail and neck and a white belly and undertail.
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Black-necked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 
The black-necked stork is found in Australia, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka.
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Greater Adjutant - Leptoptilos dubius
The greater adjutant is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Jabiru - Jabiru mycteria  
The jabiru is found from Mexico to Argentina. It occasionally is seen in Texas.
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Jabiru - Jabiru mycteria
Jabirus are found in large groups near rivers and ponds.
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Lesser Adjutant - Leptoptilos javanicus
The lesser adjutant is found in Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Marabou Stork - Leptoptilos crumeniferus
The Marabou stork is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Marabou Stork - Leptoptilos crumeniferus
The Marabou stork is one of the largest flying birds in the world.
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The milky stork is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
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Oriental Stork - Ciconia boyciana
The Oriental stork is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
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Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala
The painted stork gets its name from its pink tertial feathers.
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Saddle-billed Stork - Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
The saddle-billed stork has a bright red bill with large black band.
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Storm's Stork - Ciconia stormi
The Storm's stork is found in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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The white stork breeds grounds southern Europe, the Middle East and west-central Asia. It winters in southern Africa.
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The wood stork is the only stork that breeds in the United States.
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Wood Stork - Mycteria americana
The wood stork has a bald black head and neck and a white body.
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Wood Stork - Mycteria americana
The wood stork places its open bill in the water; when it feels a fish touch its bill, it snaps it closed.
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Woolly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus
The wooly-necked stork is usually non-migratory.
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Yellow-billed Stork - Mycteria ibis
The yellow-billed stork has a long, conical bill and a red face mask.
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