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The storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills. They occur in most of the warmer regions of the world. They tend to live in drier habitats than their relatives the herons, spoonbills and Ibises, and lack the powder down that those groups use to clean off fish slime. Many species are migratory. Storks eat frogs, fish and small birds or mammals.
The storks are members of the order Ciconiiformes, along with several other groups of wading birds as shown below:
The species are:
Genus Mycteria
Genus Ciconia
Genus Jabiru
Genus Leptoptilus
Genus Anastomas
Genus Ephippiorhynchus
The stork is the symbol of Den Haag.
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