I shot this image of the Greater Adjutant Storks at Boragaon dump yard near Guwahati [Assam] on

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I shot this image of the Greater Adjutant Storks at Boragaon dump yard near Guwahati [Assam] on , while they were engaged in a territorial fight. The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou stork of Africa. Once found widely across southern Asia, mainly in India but extending east to Borneo, the greater adjutant is now restricted to a much smaller range with only three breeding populations; two in India, with the largest colony in Assam, a smaller one around Bhagalpur; and another breeding population in Cambodia. They disperse widely after the breeding season. This large stork has a massive wedge-shaped bill, a bare head and a distinctive neck pouch.

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