{"id":24623,"date":"2012-10-30T15:34:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/white-stork-ciconia-ciconia\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:36","slug":"white-stork-ciconia-ciconia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/white-stork-ciconia-ciconia\/","title":{"rendered":"White Stork Ciconia ciconia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae, breeding in the warmer parts of Europe (north to Estonia), northwest Africa, and southwest Asia (east to southern Kazakhstan). 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