Key Facts
Family: Ciconiidae
Biometrics:
Length: 87 to 93 cm, Weight: 4 to 5.71 kg, Wingspan: 210 cm
Range:
In India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia and Cambodia. The largest population is in Cambodia. In India they are mainly distributed in the eastern states of Assam, West Bengal and Bihar. It may occur as a vagrant on the southern edge of Bhutan
Habitat:
In large rivers and lakes inside well wooded regions, in freshwater wetlands in agricultural areas and coastal wetlands including mudflats and mangroves
Clicked at: Rohanpur, near the Indian border in Dhaka, in the month of January 2020
