Summary[edit] Description: A good friend, an eminent nature photographer just refuses to shoot these. Too ugly he says. You just have to agree with him. Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Kazaringa, Assam, India April 14, 2008 690V4227. Date: 14 April 2008, 12:18. Source: Too ugly to shoot. Author: Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Camera location26° 40′ 23.63″ N, 93° 24′ 17.65″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 26.673231; 93.404903.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Lesser Adjutants with its nesting at Nehra, Darbhanga, Bihar. Date: 12 September 2013, 17:17:06. Source: Own work. Author: Vaibhavcho.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius. Date: 7 January 2016. Source: Own work. Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe. Kaziranga national Park, Assam, India Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.
Leptoptilos javanicus has an extensive range across South and South-East Asia. Substantial populations remain only in India (mostly in Assam, with c.2,000 birds1, West Bengal and Bihar where 42 nests confirmed breeding in 20047), Indonesia (c.2,000 in 1993, the majority on Sumatra) and Cambodia (1000 individuals or >300 pairs9). Smaller breeding populations (<200 pairs) occur in Nepal (in 2003 c.50 birds were recorded in Royal Chitwan National Park: the national population was recently estimated at c.300 individuals following surveys in east, central and western Nepal3,8), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia (c.500 individuals11), Brunei, Vietnam and Thailand. It has been recorded in Bhutan2 but is thought to be extinct in China and in Singapore. Formerly common and widespread, it has declined dramatically across its range and has been extirpated from many areas in recent decades owing to persistent un-regulated harvesting of eggs and chicks at nesting colonies. However, some populations at least seem to be relatively stable, e.g. numbers in the Matang Mangrove Forest, Malaysia have remained relatively constant for 20 years12. The current population estimate is 5,000 birds, however, an increase in survey effort across much of the region has revised many national totals upwards. A recent analysis of Cambodian records estimated a national population of c.1,870 pairs10; precautionary interpretation of this figure suggests the previous national estimate of 1,000 individuals should be revised upwards considerably to 2,500-4,000 individuals. Therefore, overall the global population may be considerably larger than previous estimates.
Summary[edit] Description: English: A pair of Lesser adjutant stork seen Near Uriagaon, Nagaon, Assam. Date: 13 January 2021, 13:25:27. Source: Own work. Author: ঈশান জ্যোতি বৰা.