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Storm's Stork
This sighting of a Storm's Stork was a big surprise all the more after knowing its listed as Endangered under the IUCN Red List.
Their numbers are very small (estimated in the range of 260-330), fragmented population which is very rapidly declining, owing to destruction of lowland forest through logging, dam construction and conversion to oil-palm plantations.
Storm's stork is a medium-sized stork species that occurs primarily in lowland tropical forests of Indonesia, Malaysia and southern Thailand. It is considered to be the rarest of all storks, and is estimated to number less than 500 wild individuals throughout its geographic range. The population has long been in decline and the primary cause is widely considered to be deforestation of its native habitat.
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