Feedback Guestbook Site Map Storm's Stork Scientific name Ciconia stormi Malay name Burung Botak Hutan Distribution Low-lying forests, forested or freshwater streams and rivers, and peat swamp forests. White on head confined to throat, nape and hind neck. Legs are orange in colour. When in flight, dark underwing and breast can be seen, while its neck is held straight out. Tail is black, with white beneath the tail.
Chicks are white and downy with a black bill and a black, bald crown.
Chicks are incubated and tended to by both parents. Gives out a throaty karau and also claps bill. Chicks give out loud, harsh and repeated krack calls. Hunts alone or in small loose groups, commonly under the forest canopy, feeding in margins of swampy forest, and appears at salt licks. Feeds by probing their long bills into shallow water for fish, frogs, molluscs and crustaceans.