A stork with a white body, long legs and a long bill. It breeds in parts of Southeast Asia and forages in groups in wetlands such as mangroves and tidal flats.
Adults have a white body with conspicuous black flight feathers, long legs and a bill whose tip curves downward.
It is gregarious and searches for food in shallow wetlands such as mangroves and tidal flats.
It joins mixed flocks with Painted Storks and Milky × Painted hybrids.
Breeding adults have milky-white plumage, a yellow bill, and red facial skin and legs. Outside breeding, the milky tone fades, the bill is pinkish-yellow, and the facial skin is dark red.
Immature birds are duller overall than adults.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.