A nice shot and one of the four species of stork which I am yet to see, along with Milky, Jabiru and Greater Adjutant.
Thanks, I was very pleased to see this in the wild. They are quite common in Australian zoos though, I saw a pair in Perth Zoo yesterday.
Well if we are being competitive, I am missing only three in captivity - Asian Open-billed, Jabiru and Greater Adjutant. Plus have seen two species wild and another two feral (zoo escapees from Singapore). But I haven't seen the Black-necked Stork wild, so need to get to Cairns!
I completed my full set of captive storks with Greater Adjutant at Saigon Zoo in 2012. I've seen (slightly to my own surprise) 9 stork species in the wild. A very nice stork shot LD, by the way!
we're doing lists? I've seen seven species wild: Asian openbill stork Anastomus oscitans Black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Black stork Ciconia nigra Woolly-necked stork Ciconia episcopus Storm's stork Ciconia stormi Greater adjutant Leptoptilos dubius Lesser adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Also dodgy Painted and Milky Storks in Singapore and Malaysia.
Singapore's storks don't count? Shame. Otherwise I've also seen Asian openbill and and lesser adjutant in the wild.
Well now that we've turned it into a competition. I'm joint first on wild storks with nine species wild: Marabou Yellow-billed Stork Asian Openbill African Openbill Abdim's Stork African Woolly-neck White Stork Black-necked Stork Saddlebill Stork And captive I have seen: Abdim’s Stork African Open-bill Stork Asian Woolly-necked Stork Black-necked Stork Black Stork European White Stork Marabou Oriental White Stork Saddlebill Stork Yellow-billed Stork Lesser Adjutant Storm’s Stork Maguari Stork Which in total is 15/20 if Woolly-necked is split or 14/19 if not.
Just seen; having not travelled particularly widely I have only seen two species of stork in the wild - White Stork and Black Stork