page_title: List of birds of Cyprus
section_title: Storks
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Cyprus / Storks
caption_attribution_description: Ciconia nigra English: An adult Black Stork at Dierenrijk Europa, Nuenen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Cyprus. The avifauna of Cyprus include a total of 414 species. Of these, 22 species are globally threatened.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Cyprus.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Cyprus
  Extirpated - a species no longer found in Cyprus but found elsewhere
context_section_description: Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae
  Storks are large, heavy, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills and wide wingspans. They lack the powder down that other wading birds such as herons, spoonbills and ibises use to clean off fish slime. Storks lack a pharynx and are mute.
  Black stork, Ciconia nigra
  White stork, Ciconia ciconia
caption: Black stork
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