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Greater Adjutant
Leptoptilos dubius |
 Appearance
A kind of big bird, male and
female look like the same, have pink skin on head
and throat and a few hair on it. Black hair beside
the throat look like dark spot, white fury around
the throat and shoulder,like garland, black cover
and tail, white throat and breast. The remarkable
of Greater Adjutant Stork is big balloon under breast
and flexible. |
Description
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Regions
India, Thailand, Myanmar, Loas,
Vietnam in Resident along the pond, lake and open-air,no
call like to fly in the sky as hawk and vulture ,
single bird or small group. Visitor and passage migrant
from India, Thailand and Cambodia. |
Diet
Greater Adjutant Stork eat everything
both fish and dead body. Sometimes stole food from
vultures. |
Breeding
Breeding during winter, build
nest on tree, there are many nests in the same tree.
Female will lay 3-4 eggs each time. |
 Status
Wildlife Protection of Thailand,
Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act 1992 |
Conservation Status
ENDANGERED A2 cde,C1
(See explanation to
IUCN
Red List Categories) |
Major Threats
1.1 - Agriculture; 1.2 - Extraction;
1.4 - Unspecified causes; 2.1 - Hunting and collecting;
2.2 - Trade; 6. - Land/Water pollution; 8. - Other |
Major Habitat
Arable agriculture - excluding
cereals; Freshwater lakes/ponds/dams; Grassland; Lowland
tropical rainforest; Mangroves; Rivers and streams;
Urban |
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