Storks (Ciconiidae)
Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) - HBW 1, p. 464
French: Marabout chevelu
German: Kleiner Adjutant
Spanish: Marabú Menor
Other common names: Lesser Adjutant Stork, Hair crested Adjutant
Taxonomy: Ciconia Javanica Horsfield, 1821, Java.
Monotypic.
Distribution: India and Sri Lanka to S China, Indochina and Indonesia.
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Four adults in a tree, one stretching its wings Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2001 5 years ago 28 sec 4.6 -
An adult on a branch, looking around Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2002 4 years ago 48 sec 4.4 -
An adult fixing its nest Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2001 5 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
Two adults standing on a nest Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2001 5 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Four adults standing in two nests Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2001 5 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Two adults on the ground, one flying away Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2001 5 years ago 28 sec 4.3
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Near a pond with other two specimens
Locality Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India
Marco Valentini 3 January 2010 21 weeks ago 4.3 -
Two Lesser Adjutants perching on channel markers in the river estuary at Parit Jawa fishing village
Locality Parit Jawa, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (Monotypic species)
Howard Banwell 18 December 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Adult Lesser Adjutant fishing for stranded fish in a pool which was drying out in the sun.
Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 30 July 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Stork foraging near a paddy feild bund.
Locality Kerala, India
Ragoorao 23 September 2003 1 year ago 3.9 -
A Lesser Adjutant flying over the rice paddy fields
Locality Sungai Balang, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (Monotypic species)
Howard Banwell 19 December 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
Single bird perching in mangroves
Locality Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, North Goa District, Goa, India
Tomas Grim 17 November 2010 25 weeks ago 3.6
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