//A collaborative attempt to write a report on Woolly-necked Stork's Breeding in Thrissur.//

White-necked Stork (Woolly-necked Stork) കരുവാരക്കുരു Ciconia episcopus episcopus (Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat : Paddyfields, irrigation reservoirs and rivers

Status: Winter visitor with a small breeding population. Uncommon. 1% of the biogeographic population:250.

Breeding : [1] Periyar TR (Neelakantan 1986, Robertson 1992) [2] Kuttippuram, Malappuram district August 2002. Same tree September 2006 (Anand and Jayachandran). [3] Edappal 2002 (Ramakrishnan Kumaranelloor, [4] Mannanur Palakkad 2004 November 4 (S Rajeevan and susanthkumar) [5] Kottanad Thrissur 9 November 2004 (Shino Jacob and Ravindran) [6] Aug-Oct 2005 & 2006 (Ravindran) [7] Thiruvivamala October 2004 (Raju and Jayachandran)

//Reference// Page:165-166, Birds of Kerala: Status and Distribution, 2011, DC Books Kottayam, ISBN: 978-81-264-2921-9