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Name |
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Painted stork |
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Scientific Name |
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Mycteria leucocephala |
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Size |
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Janghil (93 cm) |
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Habitat |
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Marshland and shallow water |
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Identification |
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Plumage white, closely barred and marked with glistening greenish black above, heavy yellow bill |
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Status |
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Resident and local migratory |
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Distribution |
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Throughout the Indian Union |
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Food |
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Fish, Reptiles, Frogs, Crustaceans |
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Nest |
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August-January, large stick platform |
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Eggs |
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2-5, milky white eggs |
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Near threatened |
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Wetland |
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Common |
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Winter visitor to all wetlands of M.P |
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