Painted Stork

Painted stork
Zoological name-Mycteria leucophaeus
जांघिल,दोख
Size-About 97 Cm
Nikon D 3100,Nikkor Af300 mm,f3.5,1/500 iso 100.
Location-Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary Bharatpur Rajasthan India.
Nov16.
Large stork with long,heavy yellow bill,plumage white,marked with greenish black above with a black band across breast,with black flight feathers,Black and white wings coverts and pink tertials.Head is red or orange.
Distribution-Throughout Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh,Shrilanka,Myanmar.Resident and local migratory.
Nesting-August to January varying with local conditions.
Eggs-3-5
Both sexes share all parantage duties.

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