White stork
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| phylum | Chordata | The White Stork's plumage is mainly white, with black on its 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, southwestern Asia (east to southern Kazakhstan) and southern Africa.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Ciconiiformes | |
| family | Ciconiidae | |
| genus | Ciconia | |
| species | C. ciconia |
