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The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) breeds across Europe and Asia and winters south to South Africa. It is a stately bird about 100 cm tall, white with black flight feathers, a dark red bill, and reddish legs. Its population is decreasing, partly because of destruction of its habitat by man; one race, the Oriental white stork (C. c. boyciana), is considered endangered.