Black-necked stork

Black-necked stork
Male E. a. australis at Nightcliff, Northern Territory
Female E. a. asiaticus at Kaziranga National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Ephippiorhynchus
Species:
E. asiaticus
Binomial name
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
(Latham, 1790)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mycteria asiatica Latham, 1790
  • Xenorhynchus asiaticus (Latham, 1790)

The black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. It is a resident species across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia with a disjunct population in Australia. It lives in wetland habitats and near fields of certain crops such as rice and wheat where it forages for a wide range of animal prey. Adult birds of both sexes have a heavy bill and are patterned in white and irridescent blacks, but the sexes differ in the colour of the iris with females sporting yellow irises and males having dark-coloured irises. In Australia, it is known as a jabiru[3] although that name refers to a stork species found in the Americas. It is one of the few storks that are strongly territorial when feeding and breeding.[4][5]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22697702A93631316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22697702A93631316.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference delHoyo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Black-necked stork (jabiru)". parksaustralia.gov.au. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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