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Birds
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Greater
Adjutant
Leptoptilos
dubius
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 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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