Storks (Ciconiidae)
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) - HBW 1, p. 458
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.
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A bird with a big fish in its beak. Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2006 2 years ago 34 sec 4.8 -
An adult bird mandibulating a fish, which is too big to swallow. Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 33 sec 4.8 -
A group of birds tactile feeding in a small pool. Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 33 sec 4.7 -
Three adults collecting nest material Locality Safari World, Minburi District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 November 2004 5 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
A bird with a fish in its beak, which is too big to swallow. Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A group of birds in a colony, sunbathing with open wings and preening. Locality Dasada, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 7 weeks ago 26 sec 4.2
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Five adults in a tree.
Locality Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
J.M. Garg 21 January 2009 2 years ago 4.7 -
An adult landing in a tree, close to another one.
Locality Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
J.M. Garg 21 January 2009 2 years ago 4.7 -
An adult fishing in shallow water.
Locality Udawalawa National Park, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 28 July 2009 1 year ago 4.2 -
standing on the ground
Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Lior Kislev 28 January 2006 34 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird collecting nesting material
Locality Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 6 January 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A bird collecting nesting material
Locality Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 6 January 2011 1 year ago 4
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Clanking of mandibles Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2002 1 year ago 4 -
Chicks calling from nest Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 October 1983 1 year ago 4
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