Birds Around Me 0067 - Painted Stork (कठसारंग) - Mycteria leucocephala
Do you know that there are about 20 species of stork and they live upto 30, at time 40 years. The largest species of stork is the M arabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) , with a height of 152 centimeters and a wingspan of 3.7 meters (12 feet) largest wing-spread of any living bird. The smallest stork is the hamerkop ( Scopus umbretta ) at 56 centimeters (22 inches) in length with a weight of 470 grams (17 ounces). Painted Stork (कठसारंग) - Mycteria leucocephala is a medium sized stork and can be seen all across India. I have seen them in Delhi, Jabalpur and Bangalore. First time I was them was in a nest on top of a tree by the road side and the size of bird and its nest amazed me. Painted Stork (कठसारंग) - Mycteria leucocephala Padariya, Jabalpur, October 2023 Painted Stork (कठसारंग) - Mycteria leucocephala medium-sized (93 cm), is large stork has a heavy yellow beak with a down-curved tip. The head of the adult is bare and orange or reddish in col...