Storks (Ciconiidae) - HBW 1
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
French: Tantale indien
German: Buntstorch
Spanish: Tántalo Indio
Taxonomy: Tantalus leucocephalus Pennant, 1769, Ceylon.
Formerly placed in genus Ibis; less frequently in Tantalus. Monotypic.
Distribution: India and Sri Lanka to Indochina and S China.
- Near Threatened
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A group of birds tactile feeding in a small pool. Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 July 2007 42 weeks ago 33 sec 4.8 -
A bird with a big fish in its beak. Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 July 2006 41 weeks ago 34 sec 4.7 -
An adult bird mandibulating a fish, which is too big to swallow. Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 July 2007 41 weeks ago 33 sec 4.7 -
A bird with a fish in its beak, which is too big to swallow. Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 July 2007 42 weeks ago 29 sec 4.7 -
Three adults collecting nest material Safari World, Minburi District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 November 2004 3 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
A full-grown chick intensely demanding food from the adults Safari World, Minburi District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 November 2004 3 years ago 36 sec 4.1
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Five adults in a tree. Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
J.M. Garg 21 January 2009 39 weeks ago 4.6 -
An adult landing in a tree, close to another one. Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
J.M. Garg 21 January 2009 39 weeks ago 4.5 -
A bird standing Jamnagar District, Gujarat, India
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 21 February 2008 49 weeks ago 3.5 -
Immatures at nest. Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
J.M. Garg 4 January 2006 39 weeks ago 3.3 -
birds feeding on the swamp Bangi, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia
rusli 30 November 2009 15 weeks ago 3 -
flying adult Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 13 February 2009 46 weeks ago 3
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