Vulnerable lesser adjutant stork
Lesser adjutant Stork(Leptoptilos javanicus),
Bird family: CICONIIFORMES
at Tala range, Bandhavgarh national park and tiger reserve, M.P. India
Justification:
This stork is listed as Vulnerable
because its population is suspected to be rapidly declining as a result of a variety of threats including hunting pressure, loss of nesting trees, conversion and degradation of wetlands and agricultural changes and intensification. Conservation
action is benefiting one key
population in Cambodia, but rapid
declines are likely to be ongoing
elsewhere across the range.
Possibly extinct: China
Regionally extinct: Singapore
Vagrant: Bhutan Range
source:#iucn
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22697713/0
The Lesser Adjutant is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Like other members of its genus, it has a bare neck and head. It is however more closely associated with wetland habitats where it is solitary and is less likely to scavenge than the related Greater Adjutant. It is a widespread species found from India through Southeast Asia to Java.
