Unknown?!?!? That's Fred! I'd recognize that guy anywhere!
Google Lens suggests it's probably a Yellow-Billed Stork, or possibly a Milky Stork
Based on habitat, Milky stork is more likely. Yellow-billed seems more to the African side of the world.
True, although it looks (from the similar images on the web when I added Kuala Lumpur) like they may be in a zoo or similar bird collection. I tried "yellow billed stork vs. milky stork" and there's something about one having shades of pink, but I forget which. Never seen either myself, even in a zoo.
Looking at Wikipedia entries, Google's ID by appearance seems good (but might also be a Painted Stork). However, Yellow-Billed Storks are African, and Milky Storks South-East Asia, so given the OPs location, the latter seems more likely.
I find the Cornell Lab's Merlin Photo ID very good, but it would be too much time & effort to download the SE Asia pack for one photo :)
"Unknown" .. Meanwhile, anyone who has seen a stork and doesn't understand birding shakes their head in disgust.
He looks like he is assessing whether you are edible.
flamingo distant family
Nice bird. Wish there was a banana for scale, my brain has some trouble properly scaling it.
here is another photo I took while stalking OP that gives a better perspective
Haha, thanks. I guess the fence has an odd size to my eyes in your original picture.
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