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Species
EndangeredMaximum longevity: 12.4 years (captivity) Observations: One captive animal lived for 12.4 years (Brouwer et al. 1992). Longevity in this species has not been studied in detail and thus maximum longevity could be underestimated.
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- Mycteria cinerea
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- Mycteria cinerea
- taxon common name
- tântalo-branco
- litter size
- 2
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- short name
- M. cinerea
- habitat
- wetland
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Encyclopedic overview
The milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) is a stork species inhabiting predominantly mangroves in Southeast Asia. It is native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is currently included in the genus Mycteria, is around 91–97 cm (36–38 in) tall, with a wingspan of 43.5–50 cm (17.1–19.7 in) and a tail around 14.5–17 cm (5.7–6.7 in). Its plumage is white apart from a few feathers at the wings and tail. Since the 1980's, the global milky stork population has declined from 5,000 to 2,000 individuals due to habitat destruction, overfishing and illegal smuggling of chicks. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Milky Stork” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.