Close-up of a stork.
The stork is a bird in the stork family. The stork is also called uiver, eiber or stork.
A stork grows to be about between 100 and 120 cm long (bill to tail end). The wingspan is 155 to 165 cm and they weigh between 2.3 and 4.4 kilograms.
The black of the flight feathers and of the wing coverts is caused by the pigment melanin.
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