Asian Woolly-necked Stork

A dark-brown stork with green-bronze iridescence on the wings and breast. It has a distinctive white ruffled neck, a white tail, and a dark salmon-tipped bill. Resident and migrant. Individuals and small groups forage in rivers, shallow wetland margins, urban grassy areas, and flooded grasslands for insects and small vertebrates. May gather in groups of several hundred when conditions are suitable.

The Asian woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus) is a resident and migrant bird in Sri Lanka, found in its dry and wet zones in habitats like wetlands, grasslands, and paddy fields.

In Sri Lanka, the Asian woolly-necked stork's diet primarily consists of fish, frogs, snails, and insects like large grasshoppers. They find this food in wetland habitats such as marshes, tank edges, paddy fields, and open grasslands, where they patiently stalk their prey before striking with their sharp beaks.