Pink Birds of India - Painted Stork

Pink Bird of India - Painted Stork

Following beautiful Painted stork images are from  Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary in Mysore. If you want to take a close look at Painted storks you may visit Bannerghatta national park in Bangalore. In this zoo you will find many painted storks also Pelicans , balck swan and Ibis.

Couple Painted Stork at Kaikondarahalli Lake

In above picture painted storks are taking rest at Kaikondarahalli lake in Sarjapuru Road, Bangalore. They prefer to stay in fresh water lakes or rivers.  They were named after having a pink colored tertial feathers in back. They have very long beak.

Painted stork flying

We can easily identify a painted stork bird while flying by seeing its long beak and thin neck. From the above picture we can identify the painted stork flying.

Painted stork at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

Painted Storks resting on the banks of Kaveri river at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary.  They are residents of this sanctuary.

You can view the following video of Painted Storks chilling out , preening , fluttering on thee banks. They are residents of this sanctuary through out the year.