LOCAL NAMES

• Paadili Maanawa, පාදිලි මානාවා, Cigüeña, Leylek, Πελαργός, সারস, सारस के नाम से जानल जाला, सारस, Cigogne, Storch, સ્ટોર્ક, ಕೊಕ್ಕರೆ, സ്റ്റോർക്ക്, करकोचा, Cicogna, ਸਟੌਰਕ, Аист, நாரை, కొంగ, بگلا, طائر اللقلق, কনুৱা, ধলাগলা মানিকজোড়, કાળી ટુક, ધોળી ડોક ઢોંક, കരിംകൊക്ക്, कांडेसर, कौरव, पांढर्‍या मानेचा करकोचा, श्वेतकंठ महाबक
• Afrikaans Wolnekooievaar
• Assamese কণুৱা
• Chinese (SIM) 白颈鹳
• Czech čáp bělokrký
• English Asian Woolly-necked Stork
• English (United States) Asian Woolly-necked Stork
• French Cigogne épiscopale
• French (French Guiana) Cigogne épiscopale
• German Asien-Wollhalsstorch
• Hebrew חסידה לבנת-גרון אסייתית
• Icelandic Ullarstorkur
• Indonesian Bangau sandang-lawe
• Malayalam കന്യാസ്ത്രീകൊക്ക്
• Marathi कांडेसर
• Persian لک ‌لک گردن ‌سفید
• Polish bocian białoszyi
• Portuguese (Angola) Cegonha-episcopal-asiatico
• Serbian Vunasta roda
• Slovak bocian bielokrký
• Spanish Cigüeña Lanuda Asiática
• Spanish (Spain) Cigüeña lanuda asiática
• Thai นกกระสาคอขาว
• Turkish Asya Keşiş Leyleği
• Ukrainian Лелека білошиїй

DESCRIPTION

Ciconia episcopus, The woolly-necked stork or white-necked stork is a large wading bird in the stork family. A dark-brown stork with green-bronze iridescence on the wings and breast. It has a distinctive white ruffled neck, a white tail, and a dark salmon-tipped bill. It is distributed across Asia and Africa. It is in a wide variety of habitats including marshes in forests, agricultural areas, and freshwater wetlands. May gather in groups of several hundred when conditions are suitable. Their calls are like … Locally named paadili maanawa.