What is Stork?
{{Taxobox | name = Storks | image = Stork.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Painted stork | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Ciconiiformes]] | familia = '''Ciconiidae''' | familia_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1840 }} '''Storks''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[bird]]s ('''''Ciconiidae'''''). They usually live near shallow bodies of water where they wade through the water, and catch small animals, like [[frog]]s, [[crab]]s, or small [[fish]]. Many species of stork are [[migration|migratory]], they spend the summer and the winter in different places. There are 19 different [[species]] of stork, in six [[genus|genera]]. The [[marabou stork]] is the largest species of stork. The [[Abdim's stork]] is the smallest species of stork Probably the best known stork is the [[white stork]]. It is known to build large [[nest]]s in high places. Stork nests are often very large. They may be used for many years. Beforehand, people believed storks were [[monogamy|monogamous]], that they only had one partner in life. More recent research has shown that they may change partners. They are attached to a nest almost as much as to a partner. The [[marabou stork]], which lives in [[Africa]], has a [[wing]]span of up to 320&nbsp;cm. This makes it the largest bird still alive, together with the [[condor|Andean condor]]. ==Species== There are nineteen species of stork. They include: * [[Abdim's stork]] * [[African openbill]] * [[Asian openbill]] * [[Asian woollyneck]] * [[Black stork]] * [[Black-backed stork]] * [[Greater adjutant]] * [[Jabiru]] * [[Lesser adjutant]] * [[Maguari stork]] * [[Marabou stork]] * [[Milky stork]] * [[Oriental stork]] * [[Painted stork]] * [[Saddle-billed stork]] * [[Storm's stork]] * [[White stork]] * [[Wood stork]] * [[Yellow-billed stork]] == In fiction == The stork has many legends (stories) about it, as in the Ancient Greek storyteller's [[Aesop|Aesop's]] (6th century [[BC]]) ''[[The Farmer and the Stork]]'' and ''[[Th