white stork
Refers specifically to the species Ciconia ciconia. In everyday Japanese, the katakana form シュバシコウ is standard.
The white stork is a migratory bird commonly seen in Europe.
A white stork is building a nest on that roof.
Katakana spelling is the most common written form for this bird name.
Kanji spelling is rare and mostly used in scientific or formal contexts; the word is usually written in kana.
The name シュバシコウ literally means 'red-billed stork' (朱嘴鸛), describing the bird's distinctive red beak. The word is a compound of 朱 (しゅ, 'vermilion'), 嘴 (し, 'beak'), and 鸛 (こう, 'stork').