Black-necked StorkAtlas of Living Australia (ALA) via https://bie.ala.org.au/species/

Black-necked Stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

At riskvery high flu risk

The black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) is a tall, long-necked wading bird in the stork family. It is a resident species across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia with a disjunct population in Australia. It lives in wetland habitats and near fields of certain crops such as rice and wheat where it forages for a wide range of animal prey. Adult birds of both sexes have a heavy bill and are patterned in white and irridescent blacks, but the sexes differ in the colour of the iris with females sporting yellow irises and males having dark-coloured irises. In Australia, it is known as a jabiru, although that name also refers to a stork species found in the Americas. It is one of the few storks that are strongly territorial when feeding and breeding.

References

  1. National risk scores for H5 bird flu for native birds and mammals — DCCEEW
  2. Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus — Wikipedia