Black Stork, Ciconia nigra, is a species of stork found in wetland and woodland and forest ecosystems.

Ciconia nigra has a breeding population size of 5900-7800 pairs and a breeding range size of 957000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Increasing in the short term and Increasing in the long term.

The EU population status of Ciconia nigra was assessed as Secure, because the species does not meet any of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened or Near Threatened, or the criteria for Depleted or Declining (the EU27 population or range has not declined by 20% or more since 1980).