Stocks have large and heavy bills. Their nests are also very large and used year after year. They are mute, but clack their bills as a means of communication, especially at or near the nest. They eat insects, worms, fish, and small mammals. They are related to egrets, herons, ibises, and spoonbills, but not to falmingos.


Genus Anastomus

Stork, African Openbill aka African Openbill  Anastomus lamelligerus  Found: Africa
Photographed by:  1)   Trisha Shears - the Louisville Zoo  2) Charlie Westerinen


Stork, Asian Openbill aka Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans  Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) Venkatesh Murthy  2) Charlie Westerinen near Seim Reap Cambodia.



Genus Ciconia

Stork, Abdim's  Ciconia abdimii  Found: Africa
Photographed by: 1) Christiaan Kooyman - Niger  2) Ian White  - Zambia


Stork, Black  Ciconia nigra  Found: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia
Photographed by: 1) Trisha Shears - the Louisville Zoo  2) Arthur Chapman - Australia
2) Juvenile

Stork, Maguar  Ciconia maguari  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil



Stork, White Ciconia ciconia   Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels - South Africa


Stork, Woolly aka Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus   Found: Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels - Kruger National Park, South Africa,



Genus Ephippiorhynchus

Stork, Black-necked Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus   Found: Asia, Australasia
Photographed by: 1) David Cook  -Beerwah, Queensland, Australia 
    2, 3) Dick Daniels at the Central Zoo - Nepal  4) Dick Daniels - Australia


Stork, Saddle-billed Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis   Found: Africa
Photographed by: 1, 2) Arno Meintjes  3) Dick Daniels - Tanzania  



Genus Leptoptilos

Adjunct, Lesser  Leptoptilos javanicus  Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) Lip Kee Yap - India  2) Sandy Cole - Central Zoo of Nepal


Stork, Marabou Leptoptilos crumeniferus (juvenile on right)   Found: Africa
Photographed by 1) Arno Meintjes  2, 3, 4, 5,6)  Dick Daniels - Tanzania





Genus Mycteria

Stork, Milky  Mycteria cinerea  Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) Lip Kee Yap - Singapore   2) Aiza Zainol


Stork, Painted  Mycteria leucocephala  Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) mdemon - Mysore, Karnataka, India  2) Raul654 - Disney's Animal Kingdom 
   3) Bhardwaj Shanthanu -  Kachchh, Gujarat, IN


Stork, Wood Mycteria americana   Found: The Americas
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Dick Daniels - the town of Sunset Beach, North Carolina  
    6) Dick - Everglades National Park, Florida  



Stork, Yellow-billed Mycteria ibis   Found: Africa
Photographed by: 1, 4, 5) Dick Daniels - the Jacksonville Zoo - Florida   2) Arno Meintjes
    3) Steve Garvie  by Lake Nakuru, Kenya   6) Dick - Tanzania




Genus Jabiru - 1 species

Jabiru  Jabiru mycteria   Found: Central and South America
Photographed by: 1) Cláudio Timm - Brazil  2) David Schenfeld - Brazil

Order disputed

Family Balaenicipitidae - 1 genus

Genus Balaeniceps  - 1 species

Shoebill  Balaeniceps rex    Found: Africa
Photographed by: 1) Darren Bellerby - Jurong Bird Park, Singapore 
    2) Fritz Geller-Grimm -Zoological Garden, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
This is probably more related to a pelican than a stork.
It is located on this web page for storks because it is stork-like in appearance.