---
title: "Ooievaar"
description: "Ciconia ciconia — Vogels. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-stork
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ooievaar

> Ciconia ciconia — Vogels. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Ciconia ciconia*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 84790
- Wikidata: [Q25352](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25352)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4733](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4733)

## Names

- en: White Stork
- de: Weißstorch
- es: Cigüeña blanca
- fr: Cigogne blanche
- nl: Ooievaar
- pt: Cegonha-branca
- pl: Bocian biały

## Countries with the most observations

ES (13253), DE (11077), RU (8457), FR (6257), PT (5629), UA (3688), PL (3308), IT (2622), NL (2389), AT (2241), MA (1442), LT (1255)

## Photo

![Ooievaar](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-stork/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212293007

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-stork?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).