Oriental Stork

SCI Name:  Ciconia boyciana
Protonym:  Ciconia boyciana Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.513
Taxonomy:  Ciconiiformes / Ciconiidae / Ciconia
Taxonomy Code:  oristo1
Type Locality:  Yokohama.
Author:  Swinhoe
Publish Year:  1873
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

CICONIA
(Ciconiidae; Ϯ White Stork C. ciconia) L. ciconia  stork; the White Stork is encouraged to nest on rooftops, stacks and chimneys in Europe, where its presence is hoped to bring good fortune; "LA CICOGNE BLANCHE.  Ciconia alba; oculorum ambitu nudo, nigro; remigibus nigricantibus; rectricibus candidis. . . .CICONIA ALBA" (Brisson 1760): based on "Ciconia" of Gessner 1555, "Ciconia" or "Ciconia alba" of numerous other references, "Ardea alba" of Linnaeus 1746, and Ardea ciconia Linnaeus, 1758; "Ciconia Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 48; 5, 1760, p. 361. Type, by tautonymy, Ciconia = Ardea Ciconia Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 129).   
Var. Coconia ("Mit dem Schnabel klappt er durch Zusammenschlagen wie Coconia" (Kaup 1857). Although indexed in the Richmond Card series, Kaup's name is a lapsus for Ciconia Brisson, 1760).   
Synon. Abdimia, Diplura, Diplocercus, Dipluravis, Dissoura, Euxenura, Melanopelargus, Pelargos, Prociconia, Sphenorynchus.

ciconia
L. ciconia  stork; "76. ARDEA.  ...  Ciconia.  7. A. alba, remigibus nigris, cute sanguinea.  Ardea alba, remigibus rubris. Fn. svec. 136.  Ciconia. Bell. av. 45. a. Gesn. av. 262. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 1. Jonst. av. 147. t. 50. Marsil. danub. 5. p. 26. t. 11.  Ciconia alba. Will. orn. 210. Raj. av. 97. Alb. av. 2. p. 59. t. 64.  Habitat in Europa, Asia, Africa.  Cutis corporis sub pennis sanguinea. Nidus ad pagos in altis, resonans Passeribus; huic bonos serpentum exitio tantus, ut occidere nefas; noctu stridet; migrat trans pontum in Ægyptum, Æthiopiam; æstivat inter Sveciam & Italiam." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ciconia).

boyciana
Robert Henry Boyce (1834-1909) British surveyor, engineer, civil servant at Shanghai, China (Ciconia).