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Greater Adjutant
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

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Greater Adjutant

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Greater Adjutant

Leptoptilos dubius

The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) 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, mainly in India but extending east to Borneo, the greater adjutant is now restricted to a much smaller range with only two breeding populations; one in India, with the largest colony in Assam and the other breeding region in Cambodia. They disperse after...

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