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The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large wading bird in the family Ciconiidae . Originally described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, this stork is native to the subtropics and tropics of the Americas where it persists in habitats with fluctuating water levels. It is the only stork species that breeds in North America.
Painted stork Ciconiidae is a family of heavy-bodied, large-billed wading birds in the monotypic order Ciconiiformes. Most species in the family are called storks, although some have different common names: two species in the genus Anastomus are known as openbills, two from the genus Leptoptilos are called adjutants, and three species are called jabiru. Storks are found in tropical and ...
Less typical habitats include the dense temperate forests used by European black storks, or the rainforest habitat sought by Storm's stork in South East Asia. They generally avoid marine habitats, with the exception of the lesser adjutant, milky stork and wood stork, all of which forage in mangroves, lagoons and estuarine mudflats. A number of ...
The jabiru (/ ˌ dʒ æ b ɪ ˈ r uː / or / ˈ dʒ æ b ɪ r uː /; Jabiru mycteria) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes.It sometimes wanders into the United States, usually in Texas, but has also been reported in Mississippi, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Mycteria is a genus of large subtropical and tropical storks (Family Ciconiidae) with representatives in the Americas, east Africa, and southern and southeastern Asia.Two species have "ibis" in their scientific or old common names, but they are not related to these birds, and merely resemble some bald-headed ibises.
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100–115 cm (39–45 in) from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155–215 cm (61–85 in) wingspan.
The black stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae.Measuring on average 95 to 100 cm (37 to 39 in) from beak tip to end of tail with a 145-to-155 cm (57-to-61 in) wingspan, the adult black stork has mainly black plumage, with white underparts, long red legs and a long pointed red beak.
Habitat: Diet: NT Storm's stork Ciconia stormi (Blasius, 1896) Borneo, Sumatra and the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Size: Habitat: Diet: EN Black stork Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) Breeds from Eastern Asia (Siberia and northern China) west to Central and Southern Europe. Winters in South, Southeast and East Asia, and in tropical Africa.