Field record
Painted Stork
Mycteria leucocephala
Walking through a village near Mysore, I came on this painted stork perched in a tree right beside me, no fear at all. It simply let me stay, and I made the picture.
- Location
- Near Mysore, Karnataka
- Coordinates
- 12.42° N · 76.65° E
Field guideNear Threatened
It forages by touch, wading with its half-open bill submerged, snapping shut the instant a fish makes contact, often stirring the water with its feet to flush prey.
- Family
- Ciconiidae (storks)
- Length
- 93–102 cm
- Wingspan
- 150–160 cm
- Diet
- Fish, frogs, small aquatic prey
- Range
- Resident across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia