The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wader in the stork family. This large stork has a heavy yellow beak with a down-curved tip

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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 band continues into the underwing coverts and the white tips of the black coverts give it the appearance of white stripes running across the underwing lining.

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Size: 3200px × 2788px
Location: Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Dhanushka Dilhani / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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