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Storm's stork

Ciconia stormi (W. Blasius, 1896)

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The storm's stork (Ciconia stormi) is a species in the family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 2.06 kg and live up to 30.1 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Storm's stork (Ciconia stormi)
Photo: Ninahale · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the storm's stork

Weight
2.06 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
30.1 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
30.2 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
30.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2 – 3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the storm's stork

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Storm's stork (Ciconia stormi)
Stavenn · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the storm's stork live?

Not recorded

What is the storm's stork?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Storm's stork (Ciconia stormi) is a medium-sized stork species that occurs primarily in lowland tropical forests of Malaysia, Indonesia and southern Thailand. It is considered to be the rarest of all storks, and is estimated to number at most 1,750 wild individuals across its geographic range. The population has long been in decline and the primary cause is widely considered to be deforestation of its native habitat.

From the Wikipedia article “Storm's stork” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Storm%27s_stork&oldid=1381566946), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the storm's stork endangered?

The storm's stork is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the storm's stork classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCiconiiformes
  5. familyCiconiidae
  6. genusCiconia
  7. SpeciesCiconia stormi (W. Blasius, 1896)

Synonyms Ciconia episcopus stormi, Ciconia stromi, Dissoura episcopus stormi, Dissoura mortoni, Dissoura stormi, Melanopelargus episcopus stormi

Other names and names in other languages (45)
  • لقلق ستورمArabic
  • لقلق العاصفةArabic
  • Щъркел на СтормBulgarian
  • স্টর্মের মানিকজোড়Bangla
  • C'hwibon StormBreton
  • cigonya de StormCatalan
  • čáp pestrýCzech
  • ciconia StormWelsh
  • SundastorkDanish
  • HöckerstorchGerman
  • Storma cikonioEsperanto
  • orokulvitra cikonioEsperanto
  • Cigüeña de StormSpanish
  • sunda toonekurgEstonian
  • لکلک توفانPersian
  • borneonpiispahaikaraFinnish
  • Cigogne de StormFrench
  • חסידת סטורםHebrew
  • pápaszemes gólyaHungarian
  • Bangau stormIndonesian
  • Cicogna di StormItalian
  • スンダエンビコウJapanese
  • Štormo gandrasLithuanian
  • rytinis gandrasLithuanian
  • Burung Botak HutanMalay
  • Tsídiidaanézí bitsiitʼáád halzhinígííNavajo
  • SoendaooievaarDutch
  • Soenda-ooievaarDutch
  • svartkronestorkNorwegian
  • bocian garbatyPolish
  • cegonha-de-cara-amarelaPortuguese
  • cegonha-de-faces-amarelasPortuguese
  • Стормов аистRussian
  • Малайский аистRussian
  • Малайский шерстистошейный аистRussian
  • bocian okuliarnatýSlovak
  • Crnokapa rodaSerbian
  • Storms storkSwedish
  • rödnäbbad ullhalsstorkSwedish
  • นกกระสาคอขาวปากแดงThai
  • Storm LeyleğiTurkish
  • лелека малазійськийUkrainian
  • 黃臉鸛Chinese
  • 史東氏鸛Chinese
  • 黄脸鹳Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the storm's stork

Other species in the same genus Ciconia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the storm's stork?

An adult storm's stork weighs 2.06 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the storm's stork endangered?

The storm's stork is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the storm's stork live?

The storm's stork has a recorded lifespan of 30.1 years.

What kind of animal is the storm's stork?

The storm's stork (Ciconia stormi) belongs to the family Ciconiidae in the order Ciconiiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Storm's stork (Ciconia stormi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/storms-stork

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BibTeX
@misc{storms_stork_2026,
  title = {Storm's stork (Ciconia stormi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/storms-stork},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}