Recently, a team of researchers have successfully used to study nest site fidelity in painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) in the National Zoological Park, Delhi.
About Painted Stork:
It is a large wading bird belonging to the stork family.
Habitat: They favor freshwater wetlands, but they also frequent irrigation canals and agricultural fields, particularly during the monsoon when rice fields are flooded.
Distribution: It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.
They are not migratory and only make short-distance movements in some parts of their range in response to changes in weather or food availability or for breeding.
Food: Painted storks are carnivores. Their diet consists mainly of small fish, but also crustaceans, amphibians, insects, and reptiles.
They immerse their half open beaks in water and sweep them from side to side and snap up their prey of small fish that are sensed by touch.
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