Painted Stork

Mycteria leucocephala 93-100cm

Manjalmookku Naarai in Tamil (மஞ்சள்மூக்கு நாரை)

Widespread resident in plains. Adult has downcurved yellow bill, bare orange yellow or red face, and red legs; white barring on mainly black upperwing coverts, pinkish tertials, and black barring across breast. Juvenile dirty greyish white, with grey brown (feathered) head and neck and brown lesser coverts; bill and legs duller than adult's. Inland and coastal wetlands.