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Mycteria leucocephala · Family Ciconiidae
Mycteria leucocephala
Family Ciconiidae
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- Family
- Ciconiidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 234,597
- Countries and territories with records
- 24
About this species
This species has 234,597 occurrence records from 24 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (82.2%), Thailand (7.1%), Sri Lanka (6.3%), Cambodia (1.9%) and Malaysia (1.1%); together they account for 98.6% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.31% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Mycteria leucocephala combines the genus name Mycteria with the species epithet leucocephala. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Mycteria; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Mycteria americana, Mycteria ibis and Mycteria cinerea.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 16 species of the family Ciconiidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ciconia ciconia. Its record count is 82.6% of the family average (283,865). The family Ciconiidae belongs to the order Ciconiiformes, which has 16 species in the Warbla app catalog.