greater adjutant stork

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The greater adjutant stork is a large, endangered scavenging stork native to South and Southeast Asia, known for its massive bill, bare head and neck, and reliance on wetlands and garbage dumps for feeding.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird species ⓘ
endangered species ⓘ
stork ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ
activeTime diurnal ⓘ
binomialName Leptoptilos dubius ⓘ
linked to: Leptoptilos
bodySize large ⓘ
breedingBehavior colonial nester ⓘ
breedingHabitat tall trees near wetlands ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName greater adjutant ⓘ
conservationThreat decline of nesting trees ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
persecution ⓘ
wetland degradation ⓘ
diet carrion ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ
offal ⓘ
small vertebrates ⓘ
distributionTrend declining ⓘ
family Ciconiidae ⓘ
feedingBehavior scavenger ⓘ
genus Leptoptilos ⓘ
habitat floodplains ⓘ
garbage dumps ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
urban landfills ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
historicallyOccurredIn Laos ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
IUCNRedListCategory EN ⓘ
IUCNStatus Endangered ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
morphologicalType wading bird ⓘ
nativeTo Bangladesh ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ
India ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
notableFeature bare head ⓘ
bare neck ⓘ
massive bill ⓘ
pendulous throat pouch ⓘ
order Ciconiiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
primaryStronghold Assam ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ
relatedTo lesser adjutant stork ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
wingspan approximately 2.5 meters ⓘ

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Orang National Park → hasBirdSpecies → greater adjutant stork ⓘ
greater adjutant stork → commonName → greater adjutant ⓘ
linked to: greater adjutant stork
Leptoptilos → commonNameOfSpecies → Leptoptilos dubius is the greater adjutant ⓘ
linked to: greater adjutant stork
Tram Chim National Park → keySpecies → Greater adjutant ⓘ
linked to: greater adjutant stork