白头鹮鹳

白頭䴉鸛
báitóuhuánguàn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

Examples

Báitóuhuánguàn shì Nányà shīdì chángjiàn de dàxíng shè qín.
The painted stork is a large wading bird commonly seen in South Asian wetlands.
Báitóuhuánguàn yòng cháng huì zài qiǎnshuǐ zhōng tàn chù bǔyú.
The painted stork uses its long bill to probe and catch fish in shallow water.

Tips

memory
names the genus Mycteria: -like (ibis-like) (storks), because their downcurved bills resemble those of ibises. 白头 ('white head') distinguishes this species from its American cousin the wood stork.

Stroke Order

bái
tóu
huán
guàn