Adult © mathew thekkethala eBird S41119044 Macaulay Library ML 78293411
Adult © Mohith Shenoy
Adult © Knut Hansen
Adult and chick © Ajay Gadikar
Adult © Rahul Wakare

asiatisk ullhalsstork Ciconia episcopus

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Identification

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A dark-brown stork with green-bronze iridescence on the wings and breast. It has a distinctive white ruffled neck, a white tail, and a dark salmon-tipped bill. Resident and migrant. Individuals and small groups forage in rivers, shallow wetland margins, urban grassy areas, and flooded grasslands for insects and small vertebrates. May gather in groups of several hundred when conditions are suitable.

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