Unfortunately its sacred stature did not not protect the Sacred Ibis in Egypt and it is now extinct there, though it occurs in other countries and is common in aviaries. Checklist of Herons of the World , with numbers of Subspecies, length in cms, weight in gs and a brief note on distribution. Return to Menu Book Reviews Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World , by James A. Hancock, James A. Kushlan and M. Phillip Kahl Wetland Birds. The smallest Stork is the African Openbill Stork which stands 55 to 60 cms tall, several species including the Saddlebill Stork, the Jabiru Stork and the Greater Adjutant Stork can all reach 150 cms in height. Most species are found in Tropical Africa and Asia, though two species occur in Europe and three in Central and South America.
Some storks are migratory.
The Black Stork migrates from temperate Eurasia to tropical Afro-Asia. Other migratory storks include the White Stork and Oriental White Stork. Storks have a pantropical to warm temperate distribution. As a family they have 12 primaries, though in some species the 12 th is secondarily reduced or absent altogether. They have the delightful habit of defecating on their legs in order to cool them down, evaporative cooling at its smelliest.