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Greater Adjutant

Leptoptilos dubius (Gmelin, JF 1789)

The greater adjutant is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou stork of Africa. Once found widely across southern Asia, mainly in India but extending east to Borneo, the greater adjutant is now restricted to a much smaller range with only three breeding populations; two in India, with the largest colony in Assam, a smaller one around Bhagalpur; and another breeding population in Cambodia. They disperse widely after the breeding season. This large stork has a massive wedge-shaped bill, a bare head and a distinctive neck pouch. During the day, it soars in thermals along with vultures with whom it shares the habit of scavenging. They feed mainly on carrion and offal; however, they are opportunistic and will sometimes prey on vertebrates. The English name is derived from their stiff "military" gait when walking on the ground. Large numbers once lived in Asia, but they have declined to the point of endangerment. The total population in 2008 was estimated at around a thousand individuals. In the 19th century, they were especially common in the city of Calcutta, where they were referred to as the "Calcutta adjutant" and included in the coat of arms for the city. Known locally as hargila and considered to be unclean birds, they were largely left undisturbed but sometimes hunted for the use of their meat in folk medicine. Valued as scavengers, they were once depicted in the logo of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Ciconiidae
Genus:
   Leptoptilos
Scientific:
  Leptoptilos dubius

Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.624

Protonym:
  Ardea dubia

Type locality:
  India.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10286#page/125/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  81E1FC1CBA6C9F7F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-81E1FC1C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/81E1FC1C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174920


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Leptoptilos dubius: formerly from northern India to Vietnam, dispersing west to Pakistan; currently breeds northeastern India (Assam) and Cambodia, with dispersal west to Nepal
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Greater Adjutant
Catalan:
Marabú caragroc
Czech:
marabu indický
Danish:
Adjudant
German:
Argalamarabu
Spanish:
Marabú Argala
Spanish (Spain):
Marabú Argala
Finnish:
assaminmarabu
French:
Marabout argala
Croatian:
asamski marabu
Hungarian:
sárgafejű marabu
Italian:
Marabù asiatico maggiore
Japanese (romaji):
oohagekou
Japanese:
オオハゲコウ
Lithuanian:
Indinis marabu
Dutch:
Indische Maraboe
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Storadjutant
Norwegian:
Storadjutant
Polish:
marabut indyjski
Portuguese:
Marabu-grande
Portuguese (Portugal):
marabu-grande
Russian:
Индийский марабу
Slovak:
marabu veľký
Serbian:
Asamski marabu
Swedish:
större adjutantstork
Ukrainian:
аргала
Chinese:
大秃鹳
Chinese (Traditional):
大禿鸛

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Marabout argala ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Marabout argala ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 1st edition:
Greater Adjutant Stork ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements, version 2021:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements, version 2022:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements, version 2023:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements, version 2024:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 3rd edition:
Greater Adjutant Stork ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 4th edition:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 6th edition:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements, version 2015:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements, version 2016:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements, version 2017:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements, version 2018:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Clements, version 2019:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 1.50:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 1.52:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 1.53:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 1.54:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 1.55:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 2015:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 2016:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 2017:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 2018:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 2019:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 2021:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 2022:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 2023:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
eBird version 2024:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Greater Adjutant Stork ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Greater Adjutant Stork ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Greater Adjutant Stork ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Oriental Bird Club:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Leptoptilos dubius
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Leptoptilos dubius
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Leptoptilos dubius
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Greater Adjutant ( Leptoptilos dubius)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Leptoptilos dubius
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Leptoptilos dubius

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: hind leyləyi, Hindistan marabusu
Bulgarian: Голям индийски щъркел
Bengali: ফড় ভদনটাক , বড় মদনটাক, ঴াড়চগমর , ঴াড়চগরা
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa madanaṭāka, hāṛagilā, hāṛagilē
Catalan: Marabú caragroc
Montenegrin: asamski marabu, асамски марабу
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): асамски марабу
Czech: marabu indický, Marabu vetší
Danish: Adjudant
German: Argala, Argalamarabu, Argala-Marabu, Grossadjutant, Großer Adjutant, GroßerAdjutant, Indischer Marabu
English: Adjutant, Adjutant Stork, Greater Adjutant, Greater Adjutant Stork, Greater Adjutant-Stork
English, HBW: Greater Adjutant
English (IOC): Greater Adjutant
English (United States): Greater Adjutant
Esperanto: Argala marabuo, Argalo, Hinda marabuo
Spanish: Marabú Argala
Spanish (Spain): Marabú Argala
Spanish (HBW): Greater Adjutant
Estonian: argala, india marabu, india marabu (argala)
Finnish: Aasianmarabu, assaminmarabu
French: Grand Marabout, Marabout argala
Croatian: asamski marabu
Hungarian: sárgafejű marabu
Indonesian: Bangau besar, Burung Bangau Besar
Italian: Marabù asiatico maggiore, Marabu maggiore, Marabù maggiore, Marabù maggiore asiatico
Japanese (romaji): ō hage kō, oohagekou
Japanese: オオハゲコウ
Japanese (Kanji): 大禿鸛
Kara-Kalpak: Ҳиндистан жемсекли ләйлеги, Ҳиндистан ләйлеги
Kazakh: үлкен үнді марабуы, үнділік марабу
Kirghiz: Индистан марабусу
Scientific: Ardea argala, Ardea argotala, Ardea dubia, Ciconia marabou, Leptoptilos dubius, Leptoptilus dubius
Lithuanian: Indinis marabu
Malay: Burung Botak Babi Besar, Burung Botak Besar
Maltese: ċikonja Indjana, ċikonja l-kbira ajjutant
Nepali: राजगरुड
Dutch: Indische Maraboe
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storadjutant
Norwegian: Storadjutant
Polish: marabut indyjski
Pinyin: dà tū-guàn
Portuguese: Marabu-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): marabu-grande
Russian: Азиатский марабу, большой марабу, Индийский Марабу, Марабу-маргала индийский
Slovak: Bocian argala, marabu veľký
Serbian: Asamski marabu, Veliki azijski marabu
Swedish: Större adjutantstork
Thai: นกตะกราม
Thai (Transliteration): nók tà-kraam
Turkish: Sarı Yüzlü Marabu
Ukrainian: аргала, Аргала, або марабу індійський
Uzbek: ҳинд марабуси
Vietnamese: Chim Già đẩy lớn, Chim Giang, Chim Hạc già đẩy, Già đẫy lớn
Kalmyk: бахута ханчилду
Chinese: 大秃鹳
Chinese (Traditional): 大禿鸛

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