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Milky Stork
Mycteria cinerea (Raffles, 1822)
Ciconiidae — Storks
Milky Stork, Mycteria cinerea, is a stork of the Oriental Region and Australasia, breeding in Cambodia, the western Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. It was described by Raffles in 1822 and belongs to the family Ciconiidae. It is chiefly associated with mangroves in Southeast Asia. The bird is mostly white, with only a small number of feathers on the wings and tail showing different colouring. Its range also includes Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- Family
- Ciconiidae — Storks
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region, Australasia: c Cambodia, w Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi
