stork

family of birds; type of bird with long neck, long legs and a big beak
Taxon taxon Q28507
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stork

Summary

stork is a taxon[1]. stork has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • stork's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • stork is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • stork belongs to the parent taxon Ciconiiformes[5].
  • stork's scientific name is Ciconiidae[6].
  • stork is a type of Ciconiiformes[7].
  • stork is a type of piscivore[8].
  • stork is a type of bird[9].
  • stork is a type of wading bird[10].
  • stork's Commons category is recorded as Ciconiidae[11].
  • stork began on -30000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • stork's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ciconiidae[13].
  • stork's Commons gallery is recorded as Ciconiidae[14].
  • stork's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15].
  • stork's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[16].
  • stork's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[17].
  • stork is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'storkefamilien'}[18].
  • stork's different from is recorded as Bociany[19].
  • stork's uses is recorded as storch nest[20].
  • stork's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • stork's taxon range is recorded as temperate climate[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, stork is Ciconiidae[6]. stork is classified at the rank of family[4]. stork is classified within Ciconiiformes[5]. stork is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'storkefamilien'}[18].

Identifiers

stork's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4730[23]. stork's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8926[24]. stork's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8009[25]. stork's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9289[26]. stork's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174895[27].

Discovery and Description

Things named for stork include pfeilstorch[28].

Why It Matters

stork has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] stork is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for stork include pfeilstorch[28].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [27] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [25] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [26] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag storks
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: storks, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958386|storks (#289958386)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 22d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id ['0313757-cap', '0313756-capoviti']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0313757-cap, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
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