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Greater Adjutant

Leptoptilos dubius

The Greater Adjutant is a large bird with long legs and a big beak. It often stands tall and can be found near wetlands, where it looks for food like fish and frogs.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Greater Adjutant is a very large, grey-bodied stork with whitish underparts and a massive, wedge-shaped bill. It has a bare, reddish head and neck featuring a distinctive large gular pouch hanging from its throat.

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Greater Adjutant

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Datos interesantes

Once common, they are now one of the world's most endangered stork species.

Sometimes, Greater Adjutants swallow really large bones whole after eating carrion!

Their bare head and neck help them stay clean when eating messy meals.

These giant storks make loud clattering sounds with their huge bills, not vocal calls!

Habilidades especiales

Greater Adjutants have a large gular pouch that helps them cool down by releasing excess body heat.

Greater Adjutants can tear apart large carcasses because they have a powerful, thick bill for tough scavenging.

Greater Adjutants can soar high in the sky for hours because their huge wings catch warm air currents.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 130-150 cm
Envergadura: 200-280 cm
Peso: 8-15 kg
Esperanza de vida: 15-25 años
Top Speed: 45 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 3-4
Incubación: 28-35 días

Dieta y alimentación

These giant birds are important scavengers, often eating rotting meat, but also hunting small animals.

Alimentos principales

Carrion
Fish
Frogs
Reptiles
Insects

Método de búsqueda

Scavenging

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Zebu Cattle

Bos indicus

cleans up carcasses of dead livestock.

hunts

Indian Bullfrog

Rana tigrina

preys on frogs in wetland habitats.

eaten by

Water Monitor

Varanus salvator

sometimes preys on eggs and chicks.

eats

House Crow

Corvus splendens

occasionally raids nests for eggs or chicks.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Carroñero

Los carroñeros consumen materia orgánica muerta, ayudando a descomponer los cadáveres y otros desechos en el ecosistema.

Filtrador

Los filtradores obtienen nutrientes filtrando partículas de alimentos suspendidos y pequeños organismos del agua.

Piscívoro

Los organismos piscívoros son animales que subsisten principalmente de una dieta a base de peces.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.