Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana

This large bird is designated as a Special Natural Monument. It can only sing when it is a chick, but when it becomes an adult, it communicates by clapping the upper and lower beaks together to make a rattling sound known as "cluttering."
In the past, they lived all over Japan, but overhunting by humans and the effects of pesticides led to a decline in their population, and wild storks became extinct in 1971. Currently, there are efforts underway to "reintroduce" storks, which are bred in captivity and then returned to the wild.

Animal name	Oriental Stork
Scientific name	Ciconia boyciana
Order	Ciconiiformes	Family	Ciconiidae