African Woolly-necked Stork
Ciconia microscelisGray, GR, 1848
English (US) African Woolly-necked Stork
The African Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia microscelis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ciconiidae (Storks) in the order Ciconiiformes.
Range: tropical AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ciconia microscelis
- Family
- Ciconiidae (Storks)
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Woolly-necked Stork
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1848
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1848
- Type locality
- No type locality = Africa, apud Reichenow, Vog. Afr., 1, 1901, p. 348.
- Original description
- The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 3, pt.43 p.[561], pl.151
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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