Bernard Castelein / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) flying, carrying nesting material in beak, Keoladeo Ghana / Bharatpur NP, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork at sunset {Mycteria leucocephala} Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, India

Staffan Widstrand / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) head and beak portrait, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), with nesting material, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), with nesting material, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Axel Gomille / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala), colony, with historic building behind, Delhi, India

Lucas Bustamante / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) Yala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka .

Yashpal Rathore / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), resting on nest with young at sunrise. Keoladeo / Bharatpur National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, India

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Singapore Zoo, Singapore

Thomas Marent / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) flying, Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Thomas Marent / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) flying carrying nest material, Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Thomas Marent / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) pair flying, Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Thomas Marent / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) landing, Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Loic Poidevin / Painted stork (mycteria leucocephala) juvenile in flight, Bharatpur National Park, India, April

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Boondala Bird Sanctuary, Sri Lanka.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Boondala Bird Sanctuary, Sri Lanka.

Ammonite / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) catching fish and attempting to swallow it, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Sequence 1/2.

Ammonite / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) eating fish prey, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Sequence 2/2.

Peter Waechtershaeuser / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) feeding chicks on nest, India

Staffan Widstrand / Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) profile, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) in flight, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) feeding on fish, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) group, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Ernie Janes / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) Yala NP, Sri Lanka

Laurent Geslin / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) flying, Barathpur, Rajasthan, India.

Laurent Geslin / Painted stork flying {Mycteria leucocephala} India

Laurent Geslin / Painted stork flying {Mycteria leucocephala} India

Terry Whittaker / Painted Storks (Mycteria leucocephala) Phnom Tamao Rescue Centre, Cambodia, captive.

Axel Gomille / Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) with baby Marsh Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) head in water in the background. India

Axel Gomille / Painted Storks (Mycteria leucocephala), mating, Karnataka, India

Axel Gomille / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and other waterbirds, mixed colony, Cauvery river, Karnataka, India

John Downer / Glider painted to look like a stork used for remote aerial shots for 'In-Flight Movie', UK, 1986

John Downer / Clive Hall preparing glider painted to look like a stork for remote control aerial filming for 'In-Flight Movie', with Stonehenge in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, 1986

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) in flight, bringing water to its thirsty chicks, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Sandesh Kadur / A pair of Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) grooming each other at sunset, Ranganathittoo Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India, March

Axel Gomille / Marsh Crocodile / Mugger (Crocodylus palustris), with Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala), left, and Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) flying overhead. Cauvery river, Karn...

Chien Lee / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) wading, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

Pete Oxford / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) nesting colony in tree with two Cormorants, Keoladeo / Bharatpur NP, Rajastan, India.

Pete Oxford / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} juvenile on ground, Keoladeo / Bharatpur NP, Rajastan, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), flock flying at sunrise, Keoladeo Ghana / Bharatpur NP, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), sunning, Keoladeo Ghana / Bharatpur NP, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) flying, Keoladeo Ghana / Bharatpur NP, Rajasthan, India

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Painted stork (Ibis leucocephalus) at sunset Bharatpur, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} breeding colony, two pairs in tree, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} perched in tree, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} in flight, carrying nest material in beak, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} pair at nest in tree, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} pair in tree at breeding colony, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} breeding colony, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} pair on nest, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} pair perched in tree, one sunning, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} in flight, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} breeding colony, six pairs, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} breeding colony, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} pair perched in tree, Tamil Nadu, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} in flight, touching water, Tamil Nadu, India

Thomas Marent / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) portrait, Ranthambhore National Park, India

Pete Oxford / Painted stork on nest with chick (Mycteria leucocephala) Runn of Kutch, Gujarat. India

Pete Oxford / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) on nest with chicks in a village near the salt pans of Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Pete Oxford / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) on nest with chicks in a village near the salt pans of Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Pete Oxford / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) on nest with chicks in a village near the salt pans of Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Pete Oxford / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) on nest with chicks in a village near the salt pans of Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) collecting nesting material from water, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) landing, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

John Downer / Clive Hall preparing glider painted to look like a stork for remote control aerial filming for 'In-Flight Movie', England, UK, 1986

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) in flight, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Pair of Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala), allo-preening, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Portrait of Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

LYNN M. STONE / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} wild in Singapore

Ashok Jain / Painted Stork {Mycteria leucocephala} stands guard over chicks in nest, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Pete Oxford / Painted Stork {Ibis leucocephalus} pair in tree silhouetted at Sunset,Keoladeo Bharatphur NP, India.

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork flying with nesting material {Ibis leucocephalus} Keoladeo Ghana / Bharatpur NP, Rajasthan, India

Jean-Pierre Zwaenepoel / Painted storks {Mycteria leucocephala} nesting colony, Keoladeo Ghana / Bharatpur NP, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted Stork juvenile (Ibis leucocephalus) Keoladeo Bharatpur NP, Rajastan, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted Stork (Ibis leucocephalus) India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork {Mycteria leucocephala} bathing. Keoladeo Ghana / Bharatpur NP, Rajasthan, India.

Pete Oxford / Painted stork at nest in tree at sunset {Ibis leucocephalus} India

Pete Oxford / Painted storks in trees at sunset, Keoladeo Bharatpur NP, India

Pete Oxford / Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) portrait, native to India and Asia

Pete Oxford / Painted Stork portrait. Keoladeo NP (Bharatpur) Rajastan, India

Ashok Jain / Painted stork feeding {Ibis leucocephalus} Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Ibis leucocephalus). Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Ibis leucocephalus). Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork in tree {Mycteria leucocephala} Keoladeo Ghana NP, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted stork (Ibis leucocephalus) flying. Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / Painted Storks (Ibis leucocephalus) India

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) snapping towards the camera, Tracy Aviary. Captive.

Franco Banfi / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) inside a small lake. Yala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Patricio Robles Gil / Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, India.