Asian Woolly-Necked Stork

Asian Woolly-Necked Stork is a large wading bird of the stork family, a medium-sized stork at 75–92 cm tall, that breeds singly or in small loose colonies. The species occupies a wide variety of habitats across Asia, including marshes in forests, agricultural areas and freshwater wetlands. The nominate subspecies ranges from India to Indochina, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula and north Sumatra, and neglecta occurs from south Sumatra to Sulawesi (Wikipedia, general species account). (Wikipedia, general species account).

This band has been variously described as being "neon, orange-red", "like a red-gold jewel", and "almost glowing" when seen at close range. They use ponds and marshes inside forests in Asia, especially in south-east Asia where they use grassy and marshy areas in clearings in several forest types. In Haryana, north India, they nest on trees planted along crop fields and irrigation canals as part of traditional multifunctional agroforestry and generally avoid trees close to human settlements. (Wikipedia, general species account).