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It runs Google's Perch, a research-grade acoustic model covering nearly 15,000 species. When a call is ambiguous, we say so honestly and let you record a second clip to confirm, rather than guessing.

Is my recording stored?

No. Your audio is used to identify the bird in the moment and isn't saved to our servers. The birds you confirm are kept as cards in your own field journal; the recordings themselves are not.

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Birdsong field guide

Oriental Stork

Ciconia boyciana

The Oriental Stork is a large, endangered wading bird characterized by its white plumage, black flight feathers, and a massive, dark bill. It is a flagship species for East Asian wetland conservation, closely related to but larger than the European White Stork.

What it sounds like

Lacks a functional syrinx and is mostly silent; communicates through loud, rhythmic mechanical bill-clattering.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Oscar Campbell · ChinaCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

Distinguished from the White Stork by its larger size and a heavy black bill instead of a red one.
The species was declared extinct in the wild in Japan and South Korea in the 1970s, though successful reintroduction programs have since been established.
Adults possess a patch of bare, vermillion-red skin surrounding the eye, which becomes more vibrant during the breeding season.
Unlike many waterbirds, it nests high off the ground in tall trees or on man-made electricity pylons and nesting towers.
It is a carnivorous apex predator of its ecosystem, primarily hunting fish, frogs, and small rodents in shallow water.

Habitat

Freshwater wetlands, marshes, wet meadows, and flooded rice paddies.

Range

Breeds in Southeastern Siberia and Northeast China; winters in the Yangtze River basin and southern Japan.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus Black StorkCiconia nigra Maguari StorkCiconia maguari Storm's StorkCiconia stormi White StorkCiconia ciconia

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