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 VU    Lesser Adjutant* Id (Atlas):
    Leptoptilos javanicus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Lesser Adjutant, Lesser Adjutant Stork, Hair crested Adjutant

Family
Ciconiidae (Storks)

Size
122 - 129 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Horsfield, 1821)

Habitat
Natural and man-modified wetlands, both open and forested, mangroves and intertidal flats.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh (B), Brunei Darussalam (B), Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (E) (NB), India (B), Indonesia (B), Laos (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Singapore (E) (B), Sri Lanka (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Vagrant to Bhutan.

India and Sri Lanka to southern China, Indochina and Indonesia.
 
Population
Estimated population is 6,500 - 8,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat loss and degradation through felling of nesting trees, drainage and conversion of wetland feeding areas, agricultural intensification, pesticides, humand disturbance, hunting, egg collection, aquaculture developments and clearance of mangroves, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) [XC156243]
     by id from Chitwan National Park, Narayani, Central Region, Nepal (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) has more massive bill, paler head sides, pendulous neck-pouch, pale grey greater coverts and tertials.


References
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