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Leptoptilos javanicus

Photo by ruchai
Photographed in Siracha, Thailand.

[edit] Identification

110-120 cm. Black upper body and wings, white belly and undertail, bare head and neck. The pale bill is long and thick. Juveniles are a duller version of the adult.

[edit] Distribution

India, southern China and Java.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Wetlands in tropical lowland.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a stick nest in trees.

[edit] Diet

Diet includes frogs and large insects, young birds, lizards and rodents. It will also eat carrion, for which its bare head and neck is an adaptation.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages