Asian woolly-necked stork or Asian woollyneck 
(Hạc cổ trắng, Ciconia episcopus)

The Asian woolly-necked stork or Asian woollyneck (Ciconia episcopus) is a species of large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.


Recently, the African and Asian populations are considered to be two different species: the African woolly-necked stork and the Asian woolly-necked stork. This is based purely on geographical isolation,yet there is no morphological or phylogenetic evidence yet to support this split.

Ciconiidae, Ciconia: the Latin word for "stork".
The specific epithet episcopus is Latin for "bishop".

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