Painted Stork
A species of Wood Storks Scientific name : Mycteria leucocephala Genus : Wood Storks
Painted Stork, A species of Wood Storks
Botanical name: Mycteria leucocephala
Genus: Wood Storks
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Photo By Manvendra Bhangui from Chennai, India , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Description
This large stork has a heavy yellow beak with a down-curved tip that gives it a resemblance to an ibis. The head of the adult is bare and orange or reddish in colour. The long tertials are tipped in bright pink and at rest they extend over the back and rump. There is a distinctive black breast band with white scaly markings. The rest of the body is whitish in adults and the primaries and secondaries are black with a greenish gloss. The short tail is black with a green gloss. 
Size
1.02 m
Life Expectancy
28 years
Feeding Habits
Painted Stork primarily preys on fish, but its diet also includes amphibians, reptiles, and aquatic crustaceans. It forages in shallow waters, displaying a unique side-to-side head movement to locate prey.
Habitat
Painted Stork thrives in a variety of shallow freshwater habitats, including wetland ecosystems such as lakes, marshlands, and riverbanks. They frequently inhabit areas enriched by monsoon floods, such as rice paddies. These birds are also comfortable in man-made water bodies, like irrigation canals. While painted Stork is often associated with freshwater environments, it occasionally occupies coastal wetlands and salt pans. A notable behavioral adaptation is their use of trees for nesting, typically selecting locations in proximity to or directly above water sources. These storks additionally may adapt to urban settings, as evidenced by their nesting within zoological parks in densely populated areas.
Dite type
Piscivorous
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Behavior
They walk slowly and also disturb the water with their feet to flush fish. They also take frogs and the occasional snake. They forage mainly in the day but may forage late or even at night under exceptional conditions. After they are fed they may stand still on the shore for long durations. Painted storks breed on trees either in mixed colonies along with other water birds, or by themselves. The breeding season begins in the winter months shortly after the monsoons.
Distribution Area
The painted stork is widely distributed over the plains of Asia. They are found south of the Himalayan ranges and are bounded on the west by the Indus River system where they are rare and extend eastwards into Southeast Asia. They are resident in most regions but make seasonal movements. Young birds may disperse far from their breeding sites as demonstrated by a juvenile ringed at a nest in Keoladeo National Park that was recovered 800 kilometres away at Chilka in eastern India.
Species Status
Captive birds are known to breed readily when provided with nesting materials and platforms. The largest secure population is found in India. Birds in Pakistan along the Indus River system are endangered and chicks at their nests are taken away for the bird trade. The species was nearly decimated in Thailand while small populations are known from Cambodia and Vietnam. There are some concerns for the closely related milky stork owing to hybridization with the painted stork, particularly in zoos.
Photo By Manvendra Bhangui from Chennai, India , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
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