Black Stork vs Maguari Stork

Black Stork

Ciconia nigra

Huge2.9 kgWoodland

The black stork is a large bird, measuring between 95 and 100 cm (37 and 39 in) in length with a 145-to-155 cm (57-to-61 in) wingspan, and weighing around 3 kg (6.6 lb). Standing as tall as 102 cm (40 in), it has long red legs, a long neck and a long, straight, pointed red beak. It bears some resemblance to Abdim's stork (C. abdimii), which can be distinguished by its much smaller build, predominantly green bill, legs and feet, and white rump and lower back. The plumage is black with a purplish green sheen, except for the white lower breast, belly, armpits, axillaries and undertail coverts.

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Recorded by Tanguy Loïs · Call · Monfragüe, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Chris Eason · CC BY 2.0

Maguari Stork

Ciconia maguari

Huge4.0 kgGrassland

Voice: Adults utter wheezing, hissing, disyllabic whistles during up-down greeting displays at the nests about every 1–1.5 seconds. These whistles are slower and lower pitched than the corresponding vocalisations of other Ciconia, but sound similar to those of the Abdim's stork and the woolly-necked stork.

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Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

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