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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.
Wood storks will build 3-5 foot wide nests in trees or shrubs above standing water in nearby marshes and wetlands. There, the female will lay a clutch of about one to five eggs where they will sit ...
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 ...
Just three species are present in the New World: wood stork, maguari stork and jabiru, which is the tallest flying bird of the Americas. Two species, white and black stork , reach Europe and western temperate Asia, while one species, Oriental stork , reaches temperate areas of eastern Asia, and one species, black-necked stork , is found in ...
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.
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Storks are large, heavy, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills and wide wingspans. They lack the powder down that other wading birds such as herons, spoonbills, and ibises use to clean off fish slime. Storks lack a pharynx and are mute. Wood stork, Mycteria americana
Storks are large, heavy, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills and wide wingspans. They lack the powder down that other wading birds such as herons, spoonbills and ibises use to clean off fish slime. Storks lack a pharynx and are mute. One species has been recorded in Indiana. Wood stork, Mycteria americana (R)