Species profile
Greater Adjutant
Leptoptilos dubius
Quick answer
NE India (population ±300 birds 1992)
- Scientific name
- Leptoptilos dubius
- Family
- Ciconiidae
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- Genus
- Leptoptilos
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Greater Adjutant in your journal
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