Identification: Only similar species recorded locally is Painted Stork, with which this species interbreeds extensively. Differentiated from Painted by three main traits, which must all be present in combination: a clean white breast (Painted has a black breast-band); no pink flush on the tertials, inner secondaries, and wing-coverts; and clean white upperwing-coverts (Painted has black-and-white spotting on the upperwing-coverts). Individuals which lack any of these features cannot be identified as pure Milky Storks.