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 sometimes called a jabiru although that name refers to a stork species found in the Americas. It is one of the few storks that is strongly territorial when feeding and breeding. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Latham, J 1790)
Reference:
Index Orn.
2 p.670
Protonym:
Mycteria asiatica
Type locality:
India.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53510095
Avibase ID:
27A758E6CD5417DE
Avibase ID:
avibase-27A758E6
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/27A758E6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559928
Geographic range:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Jabiru d'Asie ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Jabiru d'Asie ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Black-necked Stork ( Xenorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
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Clements, version 2019: Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Oriental Bird Club: Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Xenorhynchus asiaticus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Black-necked Stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) [version 1] |
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus [version 1] |
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