Abdim's Stork
Ciconia abdimiiLichtenstein, MHC, 1823
English (US) Abdim's Stork
The Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ciconiidae (Storks) in the order Ciconiiformes.
Range: sub-Saharan Africa and southwestern ArabiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ciconia abdimii
- Family
- Ciconiidae (Storks)
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Abdim's Stork
- Described by
- Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ciconia Abdimii
- Described by
- Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823
- Type locality
- Dongola, Sudan.
- Original description
- Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen p.76
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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