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The Woolly-necked Stork is an elegant bird found in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and SE Asia. The adult has glossy black plumage with blue, green and purple iridescences. Wings and tail are black too. The woolly neck, belly and undertail-coverts are white, as lower back and rump. The forked black tail is concealed by the long white undertail-coverts, appearing white seen from below. In the race “microscelis” from Tropical Africa, the head shows black face and white rear crown and nape. The long bill is black with red tip from half-length. The eyes are red. Legs and feet are blackish. In the nominate race “episcopus” from India to Indochina, N Malay Peninsula and Philippines, the bare face is grey. Forecrown and crown are black and well defined. The large bill is grey with reddish tip. The eye
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