| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Ciconiiformes |
| Family: | Ciconiidae |
| Genus: | Mycteria |
| Species: | M. leucocephala |
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala), a large non-migratory bird with local movements, is found within a variety of habitats including shallow freshwater wetlands and marshes as well as flooded agricultural fields and seepage ponds and classified under the stork family.
This species of stork stands 93 to 102 cm tall and weighs between 2 to 5 kg. Painted storks are the only storks within the genus Mycteria that has a black pectoral band. This species has a long, heavy yellow bill and a yellow face. They display white plumage with a rose color near the tail feathers. Their distinctive pink tertial feathers give them their family, genus and species names. Males and females are not sexually dimorphic however, male painted storks tend to be slightly larger than female storks. Body length in this species is used as an indicator of sex.
Painted Stork: (Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/sulakna-birds_of_srilanka/7985131332/)
Painted Stork Source(https://www.flickr.com/photos/reijaz/3444441115/)
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