Endangered birds return to Johor


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 09 Oct 2005

JOHOR BARU: The Milky Stork, an endangered species last sighted in Johor before Independence, has returned. 

Bird watchers from the Johor branch of the Malaysian Nature Society(MNS) claimed to have spotted up to 40 of these birds recently, together with nine Painted Storks, over 150 Grey Herons and an unidentified pelican at Pasir Pelangi here.  

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