Milk stork
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Milk stork ( Mycteria cinerea ) |
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The milk stork ( Mycteria cinerea ) is a Southeast Asian glutton ( Mycteria ). The stock situation of the milk stork is classified with en (= endangered - endangered).
features
The milk stork is a white bird with a yellow beak, red face, and black wing feathers. He becomes 90 to 100 centimeters long and two to two and a half kilograms. The main diet includes fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans and insects.
Occurrence
The milk stork lives in Cambodia , the peninsula of Malaysia and on the islands of Sumatra , Java , Bali , Sumbawa , Sulawesi and Buton . It can be found in flat areas of lakes, rivers, on densely vegetated banks and also on the coasts of the sea, and nests on trees on the banks and increasingly also near human settlements.
Reproduction
In India the milk stork nests from July to August; in the southern areas, nesting is linked to the onset of the monsoons from November to March. The breeding colony consists of up to a hundred nests. The milk stork often nests with herons , ibises and cormorants .
Duration
The species is classified as endangered. Danger from coastal habitat loss, hunting and trade. The population is estimated at 5500-6100 animals.
literature
- W. Grummt , H. Strehlow (Ed.): Zoo animal keeping birds. Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-8171-1636-2 .
Web links
- Mycteria cinerea in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2015 Posted by: BirdLife International, 2013. Accessed September 17, 2016th
- Photo (during flight)
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- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Mycteria cinerea in the Internet Bird Collection
Single receipts
- ↑ Mycteria cinerea in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2015 Posted by: BirdLife International, 2013. Accessed September 17, 2016th