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Black Neck Stork

This bird is a long wader in the stork family and a resident species in the Indian sub continent it mainly lives in wetlands in Australia it is known as jabiru. It is one of the few storks strongly territorial when feeding and breeding. It was first described by john latham as mycteria asiatica. This stork has a dance like display . A pair stalk up with each other face to face fluttering the wing tips rapidly and advancing their heads until they meet then clatter their bills and walk a way . This display last for a minute and may several times. The clutch consists of 5 eggs . Incubation period is 34 days.