白头鹮鹳

白頭䴉鸛
báitóuhuánguàn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

Examples

Báitóu huánguàn shì Nányà shīdì chángjiàn de dàxíng shèqín.
The painted stork is a large wading bird commonly seen in South Asian wetlands.
Báitóu huánguàn 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. ('white head') distinguishes this species from its American cousin the wood stork.

Stroke Order

bái
tóu
huán
guàn