CICONIIDAE (Storks)
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) (Burung Botak Padi - Malay): This Globally Near-threatened species is a regular visitor to Kota Damansara Urban Wetland, seen feeding in the wetland and perched (roosting) on nearby house roofs and lamp posts.
In Malaysia, this species was formerly only known from Langkawi, where three birds were collected in 1912 (Wells, 1999). Since that time it was believed “extinct in the wild” in Malaysia. In recent years, a free-flying, breeding flock has been established within Zoo Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
This flock regularly flies out to feed at selected wetland localities within the Klang Valley, including Kota Damansara Urban Wetland, and it is probable that at some stage this species may breed elsewhere in Selangor.
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