Storks (Ciconiidae)
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) - HBW 1, p. 457
French: Tantale d'Amérique
German: Waldstorch
Spanish: Tántalo Americano
Other common names: Wood Ibis (see page 436)
Taxonomy: Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758, Brazil ex Marcgraf.
Has been isolated from rest of genus (other three species placed in genus Ibis); but feeding and display behaviour very similar, with differences mainly in bare parts. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE states of USA, Mexico through C and S America to N Argentina.
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Several birds tactile feeding in procession of Great Egret, American White Ibis and Snowy Egret Locality Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize District, Belize (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 4 years ago 46 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding in a wetland, being flushed by cattle and flying away Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2005 5 years ago 39 sec 4.4 -
Several birds foraging, one of them catching a fish and swallowing it Locality Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2005 5 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A close-up and an open view of an adult. Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Alex García · Videoaves 10 July 2008 1 year ago 38 sec 4.3 -
A bird foraging by stirring up the mud with its feet to disturb a prey in order to catch it with its sensitive bill Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2005 4 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Two birds birds tactile feeding Locality Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize District, Belize (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 4 years ago 11 sec 4.3
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On the edge of Lake Tohopekaliga
Locality Lake Tohopekaliga, Osceola County, Florida, USA (United States)
Jorge Chinchilla 28 April 2011 8 weeks ago 4 -
Sitting on the side of the slough
Locality Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (United States)
Patrick Ellsworth 1 January 2011 19 weeks ago 4 -
Wood stork in flight with nest material
Locality St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA (United States)
Ian Barker 5 May 2011 37 weeks ago 4 -
Wood Stork, Porto Jofre, Brazil
Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Mark Andrews 5 August 2007 2 years ago 4 -
flying adult
Locality Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 12 December 2004 2 years ago 4 -
Bird wading in salt water pond
Locality Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA (United States)
Tom Moxley 24 February 2010 1 year ago 3.9
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Nestlings in a colony Locality Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Nacho Areta 1 June 2008 2 years ago 3
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