Milky Stork

When to see the Milky Stork

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Milky Stork

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Milky Stork

The milky stork is a stork species inhabiting predominantly mangroves in Southeast Asia. It is native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is currently included in the genus Mycteria, is around 91–97 cm (36–38 in) tall, with a wingspan of 43.5–50 cm (17.1–19.7 in) and a tail around 14.5–17 cm (5.7–6.7 in). Its plumage is white apart from a few feathers at the wings and tail. Since the 1980's, the global milky stork population has declined from 5,000 to 2,000 individuals due to habitat destruction, overfishing and illegal smuggling of chicks. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibisThis medium-sized stork stands 90–105 cm (35–41 in) tall. Painted StorkMycteria leucocephalaThis large stork has a heavy yellow beak with a down-curved tip that gives it a resemblance to an ibis. Wood StorkMycteria americanaThe adult wood stork is a large bird which stands 83 to 115 cm (33–45 in) tall with a wingspan of 140 to 180 cm (55–71 in).