WOOLLY-NECKED STORK

Subspecies episcopes, photographed March 2017

(*  383)                   WOOLLY-NECKED STORK              Ciconia episcopus

SRI LANKA                 58

Found in marshes, tank edges, water holes and paddy fields, usually in pairs or small groups. 75-92 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in dry lowlands.

WOOLLY-NECKED STORK

Photographed in Chitin NP, Nepal, March 2017

(*  383)                   WOOLLY-NECKED STORK                       Ciconia episcopus

NEPAL             110  

Inhabits flooded grassland, marshes, irrigated fields and riverine areas: usually near open wooded country. 75-95 cm. Fairly common and widespread resident.

WOOLY-NECKED STORK

383           WOOLY-NECKED STORK           Ciconia episcopus

South Africa          (76)

Also known as Bishop Stork, White-necked Stork, Episcopos or Mannickjore. 85 cm tall. Widespread  tropical species which breeds in Asia, from India to Indonesia, and also in Africa. Found in wetlands, along rivers and streams, mangroves, coastal mud flats and reefs, attends fires.