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White Stork Subspecies In Zoos?

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by Sarus Crane, 7 Oct 2018.

  1. Sarus Crane

    Sarus Crane Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Was doing some bird research and found out that the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) has two subspecies, the nominate (C. c. ciconia) from Europe and the larger more eastern (C. c. asiatica) which lives in the Middle East through to India. Which zoos have which subspecies? I remember that the ones I saw in Zoo Miami, Cleveland Zoo looked rather small while those at Animal Kingdom, DC's National Zoo and Omaha Zoo looked a little bigger.