Woolly-necked Stork
Ciconia episcopus - Cigogne épiscopale
Systematics
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Order:
Ciconiiformes
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Family:
Ciconiidés
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Genus:
Ciconia
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Species:
episcopus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 95 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: -
Geographic range
Description identification
Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus) is a species of bird in the Ciconiidae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Ciconia episcopus episcopus (India to Indochina, the Philippines and Malay Pen., n Sumatra)
- Ciconia episcopus microscelis (Africa south of the Sahara)
- Ciconia episcopus neglecta (s Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi)
Foreign names
- Cigogne épiscopale,
- Cigüeña lanuda asiática,
- cegonha-episcopal,
- Wollhalsstorch,
- gyapjasnyakú gólya,
- Bisschopsooievaar,
- Cicogna lanosa,
- ullhalsstork,
- Ullhalsstork,
- bocian bielokrký,
- čáp bělokrký,
- Uldhalsstork,
- piispahaikara,
- Wolnekooievaar,
- cigonya collblanca asiàtica,
- bocian białoszyi,
- bīskapstārķis,
- Белошейный аист,
- Bangau sandang-lawe,
- エンビコウ,
- 白颈鹳,
- นกกระสาคอขาว,
- 白頸鸛,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp
Sources of information
- Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan - vol4, Salim Ali and Dillon Ripley
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Storks; ibises and spoonbills, James Hancock, James Kushlan et Philip Kahl
- Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
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