Ciconiidae series, big birds, long neck
1. Painted Stork, 彩鹳, 彩鸛, Mycteria leucocephala,インドトキコウ, UPIH SAWAH
2. Asian Openbill, 钳嘴鹳, 鉗嘴鸛, Anastomus oscitans,スキハシコウ, UPIH-SIPUT ASIA
3. Lesser Adjutant, 秃鹳, 禿鸛, Leptoptilos javanicus, コハゲコウ, BURUNG-BOTAK KECIL
4. Storm’s Stork, 黄脸鹳, 黃臉鸛, Ciconia stormi, スンダエンビコウ, UPIH RIMBA
5. Milky Stork, 白鹮鹳, 灰鸛, Mycteria cinerea, シロトキコウ, UPIH BAKAU
6. Woolly-necked Stork, 白颈鹳, 白頸鸛, Ciconia episcopus, エンビコウ, UPIH LEHER PUTIH
– Malaysia, Sri Lanka
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1. Painted Stork, 彩鹳, 彩鸛, Mycteria leucocephala,インドトキコウ, UPIH SAWAH
– use to be vagrant here but now in certain location is very common and believe introduced or escapee
2. Asian Openbill, 钳嘴鹳, 鉗嘴鸛, Anastomus oscitans,スキハシコウ, UPIH-SIPUT ASIA
– pretty common nowadays near paddy field, mangrove etc
update 202012
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3. Lesser Adjutant, 秃鹳, 禿鸛, Leptoptilos javanicus, コハゲコウ, BURUNG-BOTAK KECIL
– use to endanger and only limit to a few locations here. But recently become quite common at many locations
update 202211
– a quick trip to Sg Rampai, this bird seem doing very well there.
– 极危的蛮丑的鸟。可是还是蛮多的。
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4. Storm’s Stork, 黄脸鹳, 黃臉鸛, Ciconia stormi, スンダエンビコウ, UPIH RIMBA
– a rare and Endangered species
– Borneo Tabin and Kinabatangan river are 2 places easier to see this bird
– 珍稀瀕危物種
– 婆羅洲塔賓與京河是比較見到這鳥的鳥點。
update 202402
– a Photography trip at here, lucky us to have this bird stay low and long with weird hairstyle even quite a lot of rain…
– 摄影团，虽然很多雨。可是都拍到主要目标，包括这一只还要站蛮低+久。还给个新发型让我们拍。
Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia
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update 202309
– always star bird to be seen here
– it is not “black” bird, look at the under wing
– 京河明星鸟，不难见到。其实它不是全黑的。看看。
update 202102
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5. Milky Stork, 白鹮鹳, 灰鸛, Mycteria cinerea, シロトキコウ, UPIH BAKAU
– big size, sometimes confuse with Painted Stork
– believe either escape from Zoo or from Sumatra
– 有人相信，鸟是从鸟园飞出来或是苏门答腊风飞过来的。
update 202105
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6. Woolly-necked Stork, 白颈鹳, 白頸鸛, Ciconia episcopus, エンビコウ, UPIH LEHER PUTIH
– A dark-brown stork with green-bronze iridescence on the wings and breast. It has a distinctive white ruffled neck, a white tail, and a dark salmon-tipped bill. Resident and migrant. Individuals and small groups forage in rivers, shallow wetland margins, urban grassy areas, and flooded grasslands for insects and small vertebrates. May gather in groups of several hundred when conditions are suitable. (EBird)
– 属鹳形目鹳科鹳属，又叫绒颈鹳、主教鹳（源于早期神职人员大都穿戴黑色搭配白色的法衣）。广泛分布于热带，如亚洲从印度到印尼，非洲和除澳大利亚和新西兰在内的太平洋诸岛。
update 202201
– while I am keeping my eye to flying pacific swift and saw this big bird flying high
– 当我在测试R6拍飞的燕子时，看到这较大的鸟飞的很高。
update 202105
– what a surprise when going through my hardisk (202104) when I was there for some waders. I still remember why the Lesser Adjutant flying so high up and actually it is not Adjutant.
– 非常惊讶，在清理影碟照片时。发现这稀有候鸟。当时，我还在想为什么小秃鹳飞的这么高。
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update 202401
– when we first saw it, we ask the van to stop … and make the right decision. It is best view after this for the next 7-8 days
– 我们在这第一次见到时，叫我们的车立刻停下。幸好停下来，接下来几天都较远。
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