Several bird species often nest within the large nests of the white stork. The white stork is a large bird. Birds include&colon; Grey partridge, Crow, Common quail, Pheasant, White stork, Eurasian eagle-owl, Goose and others. A white stork pair raises a single brood a year. At a distance, they can appear somewhat like a white stork or Oriental stork. Unlike the closely related white stork, the black stork is a shy and wary species. In Western Europe the white stork remains a rare bird despite conservation efforts. Within its range the white stork is distinctive when seen on the ground. The smaller dark-plumaged Abdim's stork is often encountered with white stork flocks in southern Africa. The white stork also tends to be larger than the yellow-billed stork. Upon hatching, the young white stork is partly covered with short, sparse, whitish down feathers. The white stork ("Ciconia ciconia") is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae.