Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (39)
- Monotypic
Andrew Elliott, Ernest Garcia, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 19, 2016
Text last updated November 19, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bangla (India) | সোনাজঙ্ঘা |
| Basque | Tantalo indiarra |
| Bulgarian | Малък индийски щъркел |
| Catalan | tàntal de l'Índia |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 彩鸛 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 彩鹳 |
| Croatian | šarena roda |
| Czech | nesyt indický |
| Dutch | Indische nimmerzat |
| English | Painted Stork |
| English (United States) | Painted Stork |
| Estonian | ehis-toonekurg |
| Finnish | aasianiibishaikara |
| French | Tantale indien |
| French (Canada) | Tantale indien |
| German | Buntstorch |
| Gujarati | પીળીચાંચ ઢોંક |
| Hindi | जांघिल धोक |
| Icelandic | Rauðstorkur |
| Indonesian | Bangau india |
| Japanese | インドトキコウ |
| Kannada | ಬಣ್ಣದ ಕೊಕ್ಕರೆ |
| Malayalam | വർണ്ണക്കൊക്ക് |
| Marathi | रंगीत करकोचा |
| Nepali (Nepal) | लालटाउके गरुड |
| Norwegian | beltestork |
| Polish | dławigad indyjski |
| Punjabi (India) | ਚਿਤਰਾ ਲਮਢੀਂਗ |
| Russian | Расписной клювач |
| Serbian | Beloglava roda |
| Slovak | myktéria lysohlavá |
| Spanish | Tántalo Indio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tántalo indio |
| Swedish | indisk ibisstork |
| Tamil (India) | சங்குவளை நாரை |
| Telugu | ఎర్రకాళ్ళ కొంగ |
| Thai | นกกาบบัว |
| Turkish | Alaca Leylek |
| Ukrainian | Лелека-тантал індійський |
Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant, 1769)
PROTONYM:
Tantalus leucocephalus
Pennant, 1769. Indian Zoology, p.11 pl.10.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ceylon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- MYCTERIA
- mycteria
- leucocephala / leucocephalos / leucocephalus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Painted Stork
