Storks
Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala
The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia. Their distinctive pink tertial feathers of the adults give them their name.
- Family
- Storks
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- Weight
- 3.2 kg
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 9
Recorded in India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Myanmar.
Where to see it: Jakkur Kere (India); Mysore City Bird Atlas 19A, Kukkarahalli kere ಕುಕ್ಕರಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ (India); Bhandup Pumping Station (BPS) (India); Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary (Cambodia); Yala National Park (General) (Sri Lanka).
