A large stork of lowland freshwater swamp forest. Adults are black and white with a red bill; immature birds have brown where adults are black.
Adults have black-and-white plumage and a slightly upturned red bill. The bare facial skin becomes pinkish red, especially in breeding season. Immatures have brown where adults are black.
It frequents dense swamp forest and builds a nest of twigs in a tree.
It stalks quietly along forest streams, feeding on small fish and other aquatic animals.
It circles on rising air, sometimes joined by other birds of its own species.
The bare ring around the eye is yellow, and the sides of the neck are black.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.