The Lesser Adjutant Stork is a large size Freshwater Wetland bird that lives in Southeast Asia. These birds are under stress and their population is in decline. There are currently only two breeding locations, one in northern India and the other in Cambodia. Breeding season is during the dry season from October to June with most eggs being laid between November and January. After breeding they migrate to Myanmar and Vietnam (respectively).

They live in wetland habitats, especially in places that are partially dry where fish are abundant, such as marshes, lakes, swamps, mangroves, river beds, stagnant ponds, paddy fields as well as grasslands and fields. The following two photos are of a stork eating its catch and contently standing on a dead tree after swallowing its.

The three photo series below shows a Lesser Adjutant Stork hunting and missing its prey in shallow water.

The final photo is of a Lesser Adjutant Stork standing on a tree limb in a pine tree.

About this Bird

Family: Stork

Location: India and Southeast Asia.

Size: 47 to 60 inches high with a wing span of about 98 inches and weighs 9 to 12 pounds.

Diet: Ducks, small mammals (including rodents), large fish, frogs, reptiles (including snakes), large invertebrates and scavenge at trash dumps.

Interesting Fact: When hunting in water, they will hold their beaks open underwater, waiting patiently until prey swims between their upper and lower bills.

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