About the Black-necked Stork
The black-necked stork 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, although that name also refers to a stork species found in the Americas. It is one of the few storks that are…
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The black-necked stork is a large bird, 110–137 cm (43–54 in) tall having a 190–218 cm (75–86 in) wingspan. The only published weight for this species was a single specimen at 4,100 g (140 oz), but this is nearly 35% less than the mean body mass of the closely related and similar sized saddle-billed stork. Therefore, this specimen of black-necked stork could have been at the low end of sizes attainable or perhaps somewhat malnourished. The plumage patterns are conspicuous with younger birds differing from adults.
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Where the Black-necked Stork lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Bhutan, Thailand.
When to see the Black-necked Stork
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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