Lesser Adjutant
Leptoptilos javanicus(Horsfield, T, 1821)
English (US) Lesser Adjutant
The Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) 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: India and Sri Lanka to southern China, Indochina, and IndonesiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leptoptilos javanicus
- Family
- Ciconiidae (Storks)
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Lesser Adjutant
- Described by
- (Horsfield, T, 1821)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ciconia Javanica
- Described by
- (Horsfield, T, 1821)
- Type locality
- Java.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.1 p.188
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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