Storks

Greater Adjutant

Leptoptilos dubius

The Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is a 9.1 kg wetland bird that eats a bit of everything. Some populations migrate.

Family

Storks

Order

Ciconiiformes

Weight

9.1 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in India, Cambodia, Thailand.

Where to see it: Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary (Cambodia); Ang Trapeang Thmor (Cambodia); Phnom Krom · rice fields (Cambodia); Tmatboey (Cambodia); Bharatpur · Keoladeo Ghana NP (India).

Photo: (c) Viral joshi, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist