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Storks (Ciconia Spp)
 
No.92-2 (1992.02.20)
The stork, a migratory bird, is included in Genus
Ciconia of Family Ciconiidae under Ciconiiformes. The white
stork (Ciconia ciconia), great in number, also called oriental white
stork, migrates in spring to the northeastern part of China for propagation
and in late autumn for overwintering to the southern part of China such
as to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze
River and coastal areas. The black stork (Ciconia nigra),
few in number, according to seasons lives in northeastern part of China,
north China, southwestern part of China and southeastern coastal areas
of China.
The white stork and black stork have been listed as
the first-grade wild animals protected by the state. |
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