Milky Stork
Mycteria cinerea(Raffles, TS, 1822)
English (US) Milky Stork
The Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ciconiidae (Storks) in the order Ciconiiformes.
Range: lowlands of Malaya, Indochina, Greater Sundas, and SulawesiRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mycteria cinerea
- Family
- Ciconiidae (Storks)
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Milky Stork
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tantalus cinereus
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
- Type locality
- Sumatra.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.2 p.327
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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