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  • A few larger birds are still present in Khao Ang Ru Nai, including, at least until the early 1990s, up to five pairs of woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus, the last such remaining in Thailand), pompadour pigeon (Treron pompadora), and green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea).

    Chao Phraya lowland moist deciduous forests 2008

  • Large populations of the woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus) occur on grassy plains and gallery forest along rivers.

    Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands 2008

  • Some other birds that deserve conservation attention as focal species because of their need for relatively intact habitat and low tolerances of disturbance include the woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus), white-bellied sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster), and Indian grey hornbill (Ocyceros birostris).

    East Deccan dry-evergreen forests 2008

  • The birds include more than 300 species, including two rare wetland birds: the black stork (Ciconia nigra) and the woolly-necked stock (Ciconia bicolor).

    Irrawaddy dry forests 2007

  • These include common waterbirds such as bitterns (cinnamon bittern [Ixobrychus cinnamomeus]), herons and egrets (Indian pond-heron [Ardeola grayii], Pacific reef-egret [Egretta sacra]), storks (woolly-necked stork [Ciconia episcopus]), ibis (black-headed ibis [Threskiornis melanocephalus]), ducks (spot-billed duck [Anas poecilorhyncha]), jacanas (pheasant-tailed jacana [Hydrophasianus chirurgus]), pratinoles (oriental pratincole [Glareola maldivarum]), and terns (black-bellied tern [Sterna acuticauda]).

    Irrawaddy freshwater swamp forests 2008

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