Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala

taxonomical / Ciconiiformes / Ciconiidae / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

April 17, 2006

A flock of Painted Storks descended into the tidal flats inside Sungei Buloh park at Singapore. According to Robson (A Guide to Birds of Southeast Asia) this is a vagrant rarity.

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I also have video of a flock of the storks, and one individual fishing.

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