White Stork Hatchling
Ciconia ciconia (hatchling)
A White Stork Hatchling stays in a large stick nest, usually high on a tree, pole, roof, or nesting platform near wetlands and open fields. It depends on its parents for food such as regurgitated insects, earthworms, small amphibians, and fish. Young chicks beg, peck weakly, and huddle under the adults for warmth and shade. A notable fact is that stork chicks begin bill-snapping and begging behaviors well before they can fly.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- White Stork Hatchling
- ?
- White Stork