Leptoptilos robustus (from lepto [Greek: thin, slender] + ptilo [Greek: soft feather] and robustus [Latin: strong]) is an extinctspecies of large-bodied stork belonging to the genus Leptoptilos that lived on the island of Flores in Indonesia during the Pleistoceneepoch. It stood at about 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighed up to an estimated 16 kg (35 lb). The majority of the discoveries are concentrated in Liang Bua cave located slightly north of Ruteng in the East Nusa Tenggara province.
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