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African Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia microscelis Gray, GR 1848




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ciconiidae
Genus:
   Ciconia
Scientific:
  Ciconia microscelis

Original description

Citation:
  Gray, GR 1848

Reference:
   Gen. Birds 3, pt.43 p.[561], pl.151

Protonym:
  Ciconia microscelis

Type locality:
  No type locality = Africa, apud Reichenow, Vog. Afr., 1, 1901, p. 348.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43591759

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5157C558FE47A6C9

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5157C558

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5157C558

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 824591

Geographic range:

  • Ciconia microscelis: tropical Africa
Source: Clements checklist
English:
African Woolly-necked Stork
Catalan:
Cigonya collblanca africana
Czech:
čáp černočelý
Danish:
Afrikansk uldhalsstork
German:
Afrika-Wollhalsstorch
Spanish:
Cigüeña lanuda africana
French:
Cigogne à pattes noires
Croatian:
Crnolica roda
Italian:
Cicogna lanosa asiatico
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Bisschopsooievaar
Norwegian:
dunhalsstork
Polish:
bocian czarnoczelny
Portuguese:
cegonha-episcopal-africana
Portuguese (Portugal):
cegonha-episcopal
Slovak:
bocian čiernočelý
Swedish:
afrikansk ullhalsstork
Ukrainian:
лелека тропічний
Chinese:
非洲白颈鹳

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Woolly-necked Stork (microscelis) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Woolly-necked Stork (microscelis) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Woolly-necked Stork (microscelis) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Woolly-necked Stork (microscelis) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Woolly-necked Stork (microscelis) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Woolly-necked Stork (microscelis) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Woolly-necked Stork (microscelis) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Woolly-necked Stork (microscelis) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Woolly-necked Stork (African) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Woolly-necked Stork (African) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Woolly-necked Stork (African) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Woolly-necked Stork (African) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Woolly-necked Stork (African) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Woolly-necked Stork (African) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Woolly-necked Stork (African) ( Ciconia episcopus microscelis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
African Woollyneck ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Dissoura episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ciconia episcopus microscelis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ciconia [episcopus or microscelis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Wolnekooievaar, Wolnekooievaar (Afrikaanse)
Bulgarian: Белогуш щъркел (ssp. microscelis)
Catalan: Cigonya collblanca africana
Czech: čáp bělokrký (ssp. microscelis), čáp černočelý
Danish: Afrikansk uldhalsstork
German: Afrika-Wollhalsstorch, Wollhalsstorch (microscelis)
English: African Woollyneck, African Woolly-necked Stork, Woolly-necked Stork, Woolly-necked Stork (African), Woolly-necked Stork (microscelis)
English, HBW: African Woollyneck
English (IOC): Woolly-necked Stork (African)
English (United States): Woolly-necked Stork (African)
Spanish: Cigüeña lanuda africana, Cigüeña Lanuda Asiática (microscelis)
Spanish (Spain): Cigüeña Lanuda Asiática (microscelis)
Spanish (HBW): Woolly-necked Stork (African)
Estonian: aafrika villkael-toonekurg
Persian: لک ‌لک گردن ‌سفید (microscelis)
Finnish: piispahaikara (microscelis)
French: Cigogne à pattes noire, Cigogne à pattes noires, Cigogne épiscopale, Cigogne épiscopale (microscelis)
Croatian: Crnolica roda
Icelandic: Ullarstorkur (microscelis)
Italian: Cicogna lanosa africana, Cicogna lanosa asiatico
Japanese (romaji): enbikou (microscelis)
Japanese: エンビコウ (microscelis), エンビコウ（microscelis）
Scientific: Ciconia episcopus microscelis, Ciconia espicopus microscelis, Ciconia microscelis, Dissoura episcopus microscelis
Dutch: Afrikaanse bisschopsooievaar, Bisschopsooievaar (Afrikaanse)
Norwegian: dunhalsstork, ullhalsstork (microscelis)
Polish: bocian białoszyi (microscelis), Bocian czarnoczelny
Portuguese: cegonha-episcopal-africana
Portuguese (Portugal): cegonha-episcopal, cegonha-episcopal (microscelis)
Romanian: Barză episcopală africană
Russian: Аист-епископ (microscelis), Белошейный аист
Slovak: bocian čiernočelý, bocian čiernočelý (skup.)
Serbian: Vunasta roda (microscelis)
Swedish: Afrikansk ullhalsstork, ullhalsstork (microscelis)
Thai: นกกระสาคอขาว (แอฟริกา)
Turkish: Ak boyunlu leylek, Keşiş Leyleği (microscelis)
Ukrainian: лелека тропічний
Chinese: 白颈鹳（非洲）, 非洲白颈鹳

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