Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
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The black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) 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 known as a jabiru, although that name also refers to a stork species found in the Americas. It is one of the few storks that are strongly territorial when feeding and breeding.
First described by John Latham as Mycteria asiatica, this species was later placed in the now-defunct genus Xenorhynchus based on morphology. Based on behavioural similarities, M. Philip Kahl suggested the placement of the species in the genus Ephippiorhynchus, which then included a single species, the saddle-billed stork. This placement of both the black-necked stork and saddle-billed stork in... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | New Delhi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Territory Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Nehru Zoological Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Healesville Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | National Zoo of Malaysia | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Melbourne Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Perth Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Adelaide Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Gorge Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Hunter Valley Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Johor Zoo | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 16 | Caversham Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-necked Stork sighting in Ranthambore National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 245th most-seen of the 251 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-necked Stork in Ranthambore National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-necked Stork sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Black-necked Stork sightings, Ranthambore National Park ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kaziranga National Park (India, about 70%), Keoladeo National Park (India, about 40%) and Kakadu National Park (Australia, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Ciconiidae
The closest relatives of the Black-necked Stork that you can see in Ranthambore National Park (family Ciconiidae, Storks) are Asian Woolly-necked Stork (about 40%), Painted Stork (about 30%) and Asian Openbill Stork (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-necked Stork is recorded against all the birds logged in Ranthambore National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
