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Black-necked Stork
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus(Latham, 1790)
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- Order
- CICONIIFORMES
- Family
- Ciconiidae
- Genus
- Ephippiorhynchus
At a glance
The Black-necked Stork is a very large bird, about 110–137 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 110–137 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Black-necked Stork look like?
The Black-necked Stork is a very large bird, about 110–137 cm long and weighing 5180 g.
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 strongly territorial when feeding and breeding.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Black-necked Stork?
The Black-necked Stork is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Black-necked Stork eat?
The Black-necked Stork feeds on intertidal invertebrates, fish/invertebrates and fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
5 photos
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