Quick facts
Lifespan
23 years
Diet
Insects such as grasshopper, ant, fish, frog and earthworm. Not only that, they eat lices or flies on animals for instance cow, rhinoceros and camel's body
Habitat
Paddy field, swamp and mangrove.
Range
It was originally native to parts of southern Spain and Portugal, tropical and subtropical Africa, and humid tropical and subtropical Asia.
During breeding season,their feathers color will change to orange on its chest, back of its body and head too whereas for the leg, beak and pupil turns red. Nest is built in a big colony consist of their own partner. Number of egg lays from three to four eggs and incubated by both gender for 24 days before it is hatched.