White Stork

How to identify it

1. Tall white stork with black flight feathers
2. Red bill and legs
3. Nests on rooftops, poles and towers

Voice

Adults are almost silent but clatter their bills loudly at the nest.

Listen to recordings on xeno-canto

Where to see it

• Extremadura, Spain
• Strait of Gibraltar (passage Aug–Sep)

Destination guides featuring this bird

Spain Tarifa and the Strait of Gibraltar Europe's busiest crossing point for storks and raptors heading to Africa.

1. JJanuary: Poor or no data
2. FFebruary: Poor or no data
3. MMarch: Good
4. AApril: Good
5. MMay: Good
6. JJune: Poor or no data
7. JJuly: Poor or no data
8. AAugust: Best
9. SSeptember: Best
10. OOctober: Best
11. NNovember: Poor or no data
12. DDecember: Poor or no data

Similar species

Black Stork

black head and body; shy forest bird

Range and habitat