Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Asian Woolly-necked StorkAsian Woolly-necked StorkAsian Woolly-necked StorkAsian Woolly-necked Stork

Asian Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia episcopus

Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Royal Bardia National Park
140 Verified sightings at Royal Bardia National Park From 2019 to 2026
6,593 Verified sightings across all 24 parks From 2019 to 2026
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Asian Woolly-necked Stork

The Asian woolly-necked stork or Asian woollyneck (Ciconia episcopus) is a species of large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds singly, or in small loose colonies. It is distributed in a wide variety of habitats including marshes in forests, agricultural areas, and freshwater wetlands across Asia.

The woolly-necked stork was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected from the Coromandel Coast of India. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Ardea episcopus in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The woolly-necked stork is now placed in the genus Ciconia that was erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The genus name Ciconia is the Latin word for a "stork"; the specific epithet episcopus... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Royal Bardia National Park

Black Stork
LC

Black Stork

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ciconia nigra

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Asian Openbill Stork
LC

Asian Openbill Stork

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Anastomus oscitans

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Lesser Adjutant
NT

Lesser Adjutant

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leptoptilos javanicus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Painted Stork
LC

Painted Stork

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Mycteria leucocephala

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~60%
2 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~50%
3 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
4 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~40%
5 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~30%
6 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
7 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
8 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
9 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~30%
10 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
11 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
12 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
13 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~20%
14 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
15 Gir National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
16 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
17 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
18 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
19 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
20 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
21 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
22 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
23 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
24 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Asian Woolly-necked Stork in Royal Bardia National Park?

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Asian Woolly-necked Stork sighting in Royal Bardia National Park, based on 140 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Asian Woolly-necked Stork in Royal Bardia National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Asian Woolly-necked Stork in Royal Bardia National Park in our monthly data.

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