|Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
|Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia
The Black-necked Stork is distributed in the Indian sub-continent and in the north and east of Australia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International who classify it as Near Threatened because of its low and declining population.
|It is found in open and relatively undisturbed freshwater wetlands where it feeds on a variety of aquatic animals, mainly fish, but also frogs, snakes (as in photos 2 and 3), crabs, molluscs and even birds.|
|It is unique amongst the stork family in showing sexual dimorphism. The female, seen here in photos 4 and 5, has a yellow iris while the male iris is dark brown. Photo 6 shows a juvenile approaching adult plumage.|
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