Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Ciconia [episcopus, microscelis or stormi]

Your sightings

Related taxa

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Other related concepts

• Ciconia [abdimii x episcopus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Asiatiese wolnekooievaar, Wolnekooievaar
Azerbaijani: ağboyun leylək
Bulgarian: Белогуш щъркел, Белогуш щьркел
Bengali: ধরাগরা ভাচনকমজাড় , ধলাগলা মানিকজোড়
Bengali (transliteration): dhalāgalā mānikajōṛa
Breton: C'hwibon gouzoug gloanek
Catalan: Cigonya collblanca asiàtica
Cebuano: madre-madre
Czech: Cáp belokrký, čáp bělokrký
Chuvash: шурă мăйлă аист
Welsh: Ciconia gyddfwyn
Danish: Uldhalsstork
German: Asien-Wollhalsstorch, Wollhalsstorch
Greek: Επισκoπoπελαργός
English: Asian or African Woolly-necked Stork, Bishop Stork, White-necked Stork, Woollynecked Stork, Woolly-necked Stork, Wooly-necked Stork
English, HBW: Asian/African Woollyneck
English (IOC): Woolly-necked Stork
English (Kenya): Woolly-necked Stork
English (United States): Woolly-necked Stork
Esperanto: Episkopa cikonio, Lankola cikonio
Spanish: Cigüeña de Cuello Blanco, Cigüeña Lanuda, Cigüeña lanuda asiática
Spanish (Spain): Cigüeña Lanuda Asiática
Spanish (HBW): Woolly-necked Stork
Estonian: villkael-toonekurg
Persian: لک ‌لک گردن ‌سفید, لک‌لک گردن‌سفید
Finnish: Piispahaikara
French: Cigogne épiscopale, Cigogne épiscopale ou C. à pattes noires
Frisian: Biskopearrebarre
Irish: Storc clúmhphíbeach
Galician: Cegoña episcopal
Croatian: bjelovrata roda
Hungarian: gyapjasnyakú gólya
Indonesian: Bangau hitam, Bangau Sandang-lawe, Burung Bangau Sandang-lawe, Burung Sandang Lawe, Ndao, Sandang lawe
Icelandic: Ullarstorkur
Italian: Cicogna collolanoso, Cicogna lanosa, Cicogna lanosa asiatica
Japanese (romaji): embikou, enbi-kō, enbikou
Japanese: エンビコウ
Japanese (Kanji): 燕尾鸛
Mongolian, Halh: усан тас
Kazakh: ақ мойынды құтан
Kwangali: Endongondongo
Kirghiz: ак моюн куназ
Scientific: Ardea episcopus, Ciconia [episcopus or microscelis], Ciconia episcopus, Ciconia episcopus episcopus, Ciconia espicopus
Lithuanian: Baltakaklis gandras
Latvian: bīskapstārķis
Malayalam: കന്യാസ്ത്രീകൊക്ക്, കരുവാരക്കുരു 
Mongolian: усан тас
Marathi: कांडेसर
Malay: Burung Anggong Ular, Burung Bangau Hitam, Burung Bluwok Hitam, Burung Botak Leher Putih, Burung Botak Padang, Burung Upih Leher Putih
Dutch: Aziatische bisschopsooievaar, Bisschopooievaar, Bisschopsooievaar
Norwegian Nynorsk: Ullhalsstork
Norwegian: Ullhalsstork
Polish: bocian bialoszyi, Bocian białoszyi
Pinyin: bái-jǐng guàn
Portuguese: Cegonha-episcopal
Portuguese (Portugal): Cegonha-episcopal
Rhaeto-Romance: Cicogna dal culiez da launa
Romanian: Barză episcopală asiatică
Russian: Аист-епископ, Белошейный аист
Northern Sami: Bismaháigir
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Padili Manawa
Slovak: Bocian bielokrký
Slovenian: Belovrata štorklja
Serbian: Belovrata roda, Vunasta roda
Swedish: Ullhalsstork
Swahili: Korongo Shingo-sufu, Kwembe Maji
Tamil: Venkazhuthu Narai
Thai: นกกระสาคอขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók krà-săa kʰoaa-kʰăaw
Turkish: ak boyunlu leylek, Ak-boyunlu Leylek, Keşiş Leyleği, Piskopos leyleği
Tatar: ак муенлы ләкләк
Ukrainian: Лелека білошиїй
Uzbek: оқбўйин лайлак
Vietnamese: Chim Hạc cổ trắng, Hạc cổ trắng
Chinese: 白颈鹳
Chinese (Traditional): 白頸鸛
Zulu: isiThandamanzi