The black-necked stork is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. jabiru It is the only species of Australian storks and it is also called black-necked stork. It is 1.4m tall, mainly thanks to its long legs, and has a wing-span longer than two metres. It has got a heavy, 30cm-long black bill, a black-and-white body, and its head and neck are greeny-blue. New to the zoo this one was the smaller of the two in the aviary. Saw several when we were traveling in northern Australia but not close up so excited to see them yesterday.