A painting of a sub-adult by Shaikh Zayn-al-Din (c. 1780) made for Lady Impey, probably based on a bird in the menagerie at Calcutta

Description Painting of a sub-adult Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus by Sheikh Zayn al-Din around 1781
Date 1781
Source original in Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK but reproduced in numerous places
Author Zayn-al-Din Shaikh
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LadyImpeyEphippiorhynchus.jpg

The black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. First described by John Latham as Mycteria asiatica, this species was later placed in the genus Xenorhynchus based on morphology. Based on behavioural similarities, Kahl suggested the placement of the species in the genus Ephippiorhynchus, which then included a single species, the saddle-billed stork.