neck outstretched, but the three Leptoptilos storks retract their necks in flight like a heron. The genus Leptoptilos was introduced in 1831 by the French...

The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae native to sub-Saharan Africa. It breeds in both wet and...

The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou...

species of Leptoptilos, which reach a maximum weight of 9 kg. The only other known Leptoptilos species that outweighs robustus is Leptoptilos falconeri...

Aquilavus/Cygnus bilinicus (fossil: Early Miocene of Břešťany, Czech Republic) cf. Leptoptilos gen. et sp. indet. – formerly L. siwalicensis (fossil: Late Miocene?...

The lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Like other members of its genus, it has a bare neck...

range. L. lüi is one of the largest Leptoptilos on record and might be larger than Leptoptilos titan and Leptoptilos robustus. The humerus and proximal...

France. Leptoptilos has an extensive fossil record, extending not only to Asia and Africa but to Europe and even to South America. Leptoptilos falconeri...

species in the genus Anastomus are known as openbills, two from the genus Leptoptilos are called adjutants, and three species are called jabiru. Storks are...

Commando Force. It is often associated with the Greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius). In Hinduism, Garuda is a divine eagle-like sun bird and the...

Puja, an intangible cultural heritage of the region. Greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius), a member of the stork family, associated with the mythical bird...

marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus). Its wings are held flat while soaring and, as in the pelicans and the storks of the genus Leptoptilos, the shoebill...

discovery of a member of Leptoptilos in South America and the only one found so far in the New World. In comparison with extant Leptoptilos, L. patagonicus is...

royal albatross Diomedea sanfordi 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) 7 Marabou stork Leptoptilos crumenifer 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) 7 Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus 3...

africanus), lappet-faced vultures (Torgos tracheliotos) and marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) feeding on a dead spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)....

(Gyps bengalensis) Long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) Greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubiu) Greater spotted eagle (Aquila clanga) Lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)...

island before modern human arrival was also inhabited by the giant stork Leptoptilos robustus and the vulture Trigonoceps. Flores Island is bounded by active...

weighing about 2 kg (70 oz). The largest known of Ciconiiformes was Leptoptilos robustus, standing 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighing an estimated...

chicks may be eaten by raptors, crows, gulls, and the marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer); an estimated half of the predation of greater flamingo eggs...

is known for her conservation work with the greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius), known locally as the Hargila. She is the founder of the Hargila...

stork (Leptoptilos javanicus), Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri), Pallas's sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus), greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius)...

leucoryphus) Swamp grass babbler (Laticlla cinerascens) Greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) Niligiri chilappan (Montecincla cachinnans) Banasura chilappan...

Southeast Asia) Birds Japanese flightless duck (Shiriyanetta hasegawai) Leptoptilos robustus Reptiles Crocodilia Alligator munensis? Testudines (turtles...

Zealand, and this conclusion would be consistent with Maori folklore. Leptoptilos robustus might have preyed on both Homo floresiensis and anatomically...

reticulated python, Chinese pangolin, hispid hare, hog deer lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus), white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis), slender-billed vulture...

(Haliaeetus leucoryphus) as well as the vulnerable lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) and woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus). Protection and...

Ciconia †Ciconiopsis? †Eociconia? Ephippiorhynchus †Grallavis Jabiru Leptoptilos Mycteria †Palaeoephippiorhynchus †Pelargodes †Pelargosteon †Prociconia...

the neotropical jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), the Asian greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) and the African marabou stork (L. crumeniferus), all of which...

(Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius), lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus), ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)...

carcasses with other predators, like the Komodo dragon, the giant stork Leptoptilos robustus, and vultures, and that it was possible that their main prey...