Black-necked stork

phylum	Chordata	The black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) 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 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 glossy blacks, but the sexes differ in the colour of the iris. 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. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Storks
clade	Diapsida
Class	Aves
order	Ciconiiformes
family	Ciconiidae
genus	Ephippiorhynchus
species	E. asiaticus

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