Leptoptilos
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Leptoptilos is a genus of very large tropical storks, commonly known as adjutants. The name means thin feather. Two species are resident breeders in southern Asia, and the marabou stork is found in Su
Marabou Stork Standing Lupande Jul 23 A7R 06322
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Lesser Adjutant,Yala National Park
Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius by Dr. Raju Kasambe
Greater adjutant
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The greater adjutant is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou stork of Africa. Once found widely across southern Asia and mainland so
Leptoptilos
…combines the Ancient Greek leptos meaning "delicate" or "slender" with ptilon meaning "feather". The type species was subsequently designated as the greater adjutant by George Robert Gray. The genus contains three extant species…
Leptoptilos dubius
"Gigantic Crane" from Latham's Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds (1787)
Greater adjutant stork in breeding plumage, perched near nest (Assam)