Kounotori Sideboard
Kounotori may refer to: * The Japanese name for the Oriental stork * Kounotori (spacecraft), an uncrewed cargo spacecraft, including a list of vehicles that share the name * Kounotori (train) The is a limited express train service operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between and in Japan since 12 March 2011. It replaced the previous ''Kitakinki'' services. The name means "stork", and was chosen because the stork i ...

Oriental Stork
The Oriental stork (''Ciconia boyciana''; Japanese: コウノトリ ''Konotori'') is a large, white bird with black wing feathers in the stork family Ciconiidae. Taxonomy The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1873. It is closely related to and resembles the European white stork (''C. ciconia''), of which it was formerly often treated as a subspecies. Description It is typically larger than the white stork, at long, tall, a weight of and a wingspan of .''CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses'' by John B. Dunning Jr. (Editor). CRC Press (1992), Unlike its more widespread cousin, the Oriental stork has red skin around its eye, with a whitish iris and black bill. Both sexes are similar. The female is slightly smaller than male. The young are white with orange bills. Distribution and habitat The Oriental stork is found in Japan, Manchuria, Korea and Siberia. It was once extirpated from Japan and the Korean Peninsula. However, in May 2007 a hatchling was reported ...
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Kounotori (spacecraft)
Kounotori may refer to: * The Japanese name for the Oriental stork * Kounotori (spacecraft), an uncrewed cargo spacecraft, including a list of vehicles that share the name * Kounotori (train) The is a limited express train service operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between and in Japan since 12 March 2011. It replaced the previous ''Kitakinki'' services. The name means "stork", and was chosen because the stork i ...