Wildlifeof Thailand
Milky Stork
Ciconiidae
Photo: Lip Kee Yap · CC BY-SA 2.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Mycteria cinerea
Basic stats
Diet
Fish, mudskippers and crustaceans
Habitat
Mangroves, tidal flats and coastal wetlands
Range
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and nearby islands
The milky stork is a medium-sized white stork with black flight feathers, a yellowish bill and bare reddish face in breeding condition. It inhabits mangroves, tidal flats and coastal wetlands in the Sundaic region, probing and snapping at fish, mudskippers and crustaceans. Birds nest colonially in trees, sometimes alongside other waterbirds, and move between feeding flats with the tide (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Critically Endangered (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Milky Stork eat?
- Fish, mudskippers and crustaceans
- What habitat does the Milky Stork live in?
- Mangroves, tidal flats and coastal wetlands
- Where is the Milky Stork found?
- Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and nearby islands