A large wading bird with a white head and orange beak was captured by bird watchers in Maoming recently. By expert identification, this is a Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala), a national key protected wild bird. At present, the global population of Painted Storks is 16,000-24,000, mainly distributed from the South Asian subcontinent to Southeast Asia's mainland. For a period of time, photography enthusiasts came one after another to track and record this rare bird.

近日，观鸟爱好者在茂名拍摄到了一只头部白色，嘴橙黄色的大型涉禽，经专家鉴定，为国家一级重点保护野生鸟类彩鹳（英文名Painted Stork，学名Mycteria leucocephala）。目前，彩鹳全球种群数量为16000-24000只，主要分布在南亚次大陆至中南半岛。一时之间，各路摄影爱好者纷纷开启了“追鸟”模式，跟踪拍摄彩鹳的影像。