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Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Ciconia episcopus · Family Ciconiidae
Ciconia episcopus
Family Ciconiidae
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- Family
- Ciconiidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 130,464
- Countries and territories with records
- 49
About this species
This species has 130,464 occurrence records from 49 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (69.4%), South Africa (18.4%), Sri Lanka (3.9%), Nepal (2.5%) and Kenya (1.7%); together they account for 95.8% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.15% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ciconia episcopus combines the genus name Ciconia with the species epithet episcopus. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Ciconia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ciconia ciconia, Ciconia nigra and Ciconia maguari.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 16 species of the family Ciconiidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ciconia ciconia. Its record count is 46% of the family average (283,865). The family Ciconiidae belongs to the order Ciconiiformes, which has 16 species in the Warbla app catalog.