32nd issue
Contributed by:
Dr. Debabrata Phukon
Veterinary Officer
Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden
Guwahati – 781 005
Leptoptilos dubius
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Assam State Zoo’s Rescue Centre receives a lot of nests fall cases of the Near Threatened Greater Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos dubius) which are hand-raised and rehabilitated back to the wild. They can be distinguished from the Lesser Adjutant in having a gular pouch and white band in the primary feathers.