painted stork
mycteria leucocephala latin

The week before it was painted storks and grey herons.

After the northeast monsoon of 2011, painted storks have been spotted in the park after several years.

While the painted stork is large in size, the pelican is half this size.

The nests are usually built alongside other colonial waterbirds, particularly Painted Storks.

The Painted Stork is widely distributed over the plains of Asia.

Painted Storks feed in groups in shallow wetlands.

Painted Storks being large and colourful birds and their nesting colonies become centres of tourist interest.

Painted storks nest around Sri Lanka's many lakes and 'villus '.

Many birds migrate here in winte, such as Siberian crane, ibises, and painted storks.

Some of the birds that nest here are painted storks, grey herons, pelicans, black stilts and ducks.

Apart from Painted Storks the Spotbilled Pelicans, are also found here.

The similar Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is an Asian bird.

Pond heron and egrets also nesting in backyards of few village houses, while Painted storks are only around the temple.

It is also frequented by migratory birds and is a roving-avian haven for the Painted Storks.

The ibises and painted stork were found scavenging on the left over rotten fish droppings of pelican along with jungle crow.

Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

Every year, over 3,000 pelicans and painted storks visit from Siberia to these villages during September and stay on till March.

Suchindram is noted for the wide variety of migratory waterbirds that winter there, including: near threatened painted stork and spot-billed pelicans.

The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

Sarus Crane, Painted Stork and Bristled Grassbird are summer visitors.

Every year approximately 15,000 Greater Flamingos are reported to visit the lake along with pelicans, kingfishers, herons, painted storks, spoonbills and ducks.

Other birds that migrate through the bird section include painted storks, pelicans, cranes, black-necked storks, and white ibis.

Birds such as white ibis, painted stork, night heron and grey heron are found here, and baskets have been provided to facilitate breeding.

This 145-hectare sanctuary plays host to over 250 bird species, including painted storks, Demoiselle cranes, cormorants, spotted sandpipers, mallards and plovers.

The village is named after the Painted Stork(Ibis leucocephalus) called "Kokkare" in Kannada language.

The similar Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is an Asian bird.

Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

The significance of Delhi Zoo for wild water birds, with special reference to the Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala).

The resident birds include Grey pelicans, Asian Open-billed Storks (Anastomus oscitans), Painted Storks (Mycteria leucocephala), Glossy Ibises, White Ibises, Teals, Pintails, Shovellers.

Painted Storks Mycteria leucocephala, Spot-billed Pelicans Pelecanus philippensis, Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus and other birds nest here as it is located near Uppalapadu sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Chaleow Salakij, Jarernsak Salakij, Nual-Anong Narkkong, Decha Pitakkingthong and Songkrod Poothong (2003) Hematology, Morphology, Cytochemistry and Ultrastructure of Blood Cells in Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala).

The park's diverse aquatic avifauna includes Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala, White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster, Grey Pelican Pelecanus philippensis, Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo , and Little Cormorant P. niger.

Kokkare Bellur Pelicanry: This is located in the town of Kokkare Bellur in Mandya district and is a haven for avian species like Grey or Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) and Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala).