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[[Image:painted_stork_alok.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Juveniles<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, Rajasthan, [[India]], December-2016]]
 
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[[Asia]]: found in [[China]], [[Tibet]]<br />
 
[[Asia]]: found in [[China]], [[Tibet]]<br />

Revision as of 07:57, 10 November 2017

Photo by Sumit
Kolkata, India
Mycteria leucocephala

Identification

93–102 cm (36½-40 in); I

  • White overall plumage
  • Dark breast barring
  • Black flight feathers
  • Red head
  • Yellow, long, down-curved bill
  • Pink tail and legs

Juveniles are similar to adults, but duller.

Juveniles
Photo by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, December-2016

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet
South Asia: Pakistan, India, Eastern Himalayas, Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Shallow freshwater wetlands, marshes, ponds and flooded fields.

Behaviour

Breeding

They nest colonially in trees with herons, ibises, cormorants and spoonbills, building a large stick nest. The clutch consists of 2-5 eggs which are incubated by both adults for 27 to 32 days.

Diet

Their diet consists of a variety of fish species, with the addition of frogs and large insects. They sweep their half-open bill from side to side in water.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2015)
  4. Wikipedia

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