bird · Ciconiiformes · Ciconiidae

Black Stork

Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called BLST. Occurrence records of the Black Stork are shared on GBIF from around 11 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Augrabies Falls National Park (172 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernCiconiidae

11reserves with records

244records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) — Photo: Chris Eason · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	172
Blyderivierspoort NatuurreservaatNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	23
Giant's Castle Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	15
Lanner GorgeProtected area	LP Limpopo	8
Ubizane Wildlife ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	7
Abelana Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	4
Balule Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	4
Medike Mountain SanctuaryNature reserve	LP Limpopo	3
Greater Kruger National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	3
EWT Medike ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	3
Drie Kuilen Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Limpopo: 6 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 2 reserves
Western Cape: 1 reserve
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve
Northern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Scientific name: Ciconia nigra
GBIF taxon: 2481909
Wikidata: Q25398

More of the Ciconiidae family

African Woolly-necked Stork Yellow-billed Stork White Stork Woolly-necked Stork Saddle-billed Stork Marabou Stork Abdim's Stork

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.