Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Storks :: Woolly-necked Stork
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
Described by: Boddaert (1783)
Alternate common name(s): White-necked Stork, Bishop Stork
Old scientific name(s): Disscoura episcopus
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Range
Africa s. of Sahara to n. South Africa; Oriental region; Fragmentation distribution; (1) Java, Bali, Lesser Sundas and Sulawesi. (2) Senegambia, sw. Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s. Burkina Faso, Niger, n. Nigeria, Cameroon, s. Chad, Central African Republic, se. Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, s. Somalia, Kenya (Mombasa Airport), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire, e. Tanzania, Gabon, Congo, sw. Angola, Zambia, n. Malawi, ne. Mozambique, se. Zimbabwe, ne. Namibia, n. and e. Botswana, e. South Africa (e. Transvaal, Swaziland and n. Natal). (3) Pakistan, Nepal (Chapagaon Forest), India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, s. China (sw. Yunnan), Burma, Thailand to Vietnam (Lo Go Sa Mat National Park ), Malaya, sc. and s. Sumatra (Mentawai Is.), Borneo(Brunei(?)), Peleng, Muna, Butung and Togian islands and the Philippines.
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References
Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.
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