Jabiru (Black-necked Stork), Birds of Australia

Good eye Marielle!
Black-necked Storks (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) standing far away in the field!
Was hoping to see this birds in Kakadu.
Saw a couple, but didn’t had the change to film them.
Either near a Highway we couldn’t stop, or far away we couldn’t reach..
Sooo this is the only clip I made of them.
To bad I don’t have a close up, oh well…

Yellow Water Billabong Cruise, Kakadu NT, Australia
07-12-2023

The black-necked stork is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. It is a resident species across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia with a disjunct population in Australia. It lives in wetland habitats and near fields of certain crops such as rice and wheat where it forages for a wide range of animal prey. Adult birds of both sexes have a heavy bill and are patterned in white and irridescent blacks, but the sexes differ in the colour of the iris with females sporting yellow irises and males having dark-coloured irises. In Australia, it is sometimes called a jabiru although that name refers to a stork species found in the Americas. It is one of the few storks that is strongly territorial when feeding and breeding.

Sorthalset Stork
Reisenstorch, Riesenstorch, Riesen-Storch
Black necked Stork, Black-necked Stork, Green-necked Stork, Jabiru
Cigüeña de Cuello Negro, Jabirú Asiático
Aasiansatulahaikara
Jabiru asiatique, Jabiru d’Asie, Jabiru d'Asie
crnovrata roda
feketenyakú gólya
Bangau Leher-hitam, Burung Bangau Leher-hitam
Becco a sella asiatico, Cicogna collonero, collo nero, Mitteria asiatica
sei-taka kō, seitakakou
セイタカコウ
背高鸛
Halh: дорнын өрөвтас, хар хушуут өрөвтас, цагаан өрөвтас
азиаттық құтан
Ardea louhoujung, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus asiaticus, Mycteria asiatica, Mycteria indica, Xenorhynchus asiaticus
Zwarthalsooievaar, Zwartnekooievaar

Birding Kakadu
Birds of Kakadu
Birding NT
Birding Northern Territory
Birds of Northern Territory
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