Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea)

Family
Ciconiidae (Storks)

Size
92 - 97 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Raffles, 1822)

Habitat
Mangroves and adjacent, less saline, swamps, tidal mudflats, saline pools, freshwater marshes, fishponds, rice-fields, flooded forests.

Range (Guide)

Cambodia (B) (NB), Indonesia (B) (NB), Malaysia (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Thailand (E), Vietnam (E).

Southern Viet Nam, Kampuchea, Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 5,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction through logging, conversion to agriculture and development schemes, particularly large-scale fish farms and tidal rice cultivation, hunting for food and trade are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea) [XC447671]
by id from Lake Gardens, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) which has black markings on wing-coverts and breast, pink on inner wing-coverts and tertials and more restricted naked head skin.

References
See References.

Files:

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