Subspecies in India
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)
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This is species uncommon. It inhabits inland wetlands and freshwater marshes of India (mainly in Kerala), Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. This has undergone possible extirpation from China (BirdLife International 2016).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is declining, with the current population estimate of 16,000-24,000 individuals. One of the threats to its persistence comes from habitat disturbance due to agriculture and other human encroachments. Another threat is hunting and egg poaching (BirdLife International 2016).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | |||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 3 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 27 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 39 |
BirdLife International 2016. Mycteria leucocephala . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22697658A93628598. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22697658A93628598.en. Accessed on 14 February 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant, 1769) – Painted Stork. In Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.17. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.birdsofindia.org/mycteria-leucocephala, accessed 2024/12/13.