woolly-necked stork
whitenecked stork
ciconia episcopus latin

The Woolly-necked Stork is a large bird, typically 85 cm tall.

The Woolly-necked Stork is a broad winged soaring bird, which relies on moving between thermals of hot air for sustained long distance flight.

Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus)

The Storm's Stork was formerly considered as a subspecies of the Woolly-necked Stork.

Woolly-necked Stork - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Spot-billed Pelican, Asian Openbill and Woolly-necked Stork are also recorded visiting the wetland.

Wintering White Storks in India sometimes forage along with the Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus).

The Woolly-necked Stork walks slowly and steadily on the ground seeking its prey, which like that of most of its relatives, consists of amphibians, small reptiles and large insects.

The Woolly-necked Stork is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

The Woolly-necked Stork, Bishop Stork or White-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

Among the other 405 species of bird recorded in the park, are the Storm's Stork, Woolly-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Crested Fireback, Great Argus and Oriental Darter.

The storks strode knee-deep through the living carpet, marabous with horrific scaly heads, woolly-necked storks with scarves of fluffy white, saddle-bills with yellow medallions decorating" their long red and black beaks, all of them pecking hungrily at the living banquet.

Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus)

Wintering White Storks in India sometimes forage along with the Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus).

The Woolly-necked Stork, Bishop Stork or White-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.