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Wood Stork Mycteria americana Cigⁿe±a Americana
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Photo: G. Beaton
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A large, white wading bird with a featherless, gray head, a black tail and black trailing edge of the wings. Length: 85-115 cm.; weight: 2,050 - 3,090. Audio (L. Bryan). Breeds in swamps in the southern USA, through lowland Central America to Argentina. Accidental in Hispaniola; may eventually be reported from Puerto Rico. TAXONOMY: CICONIIFORMES; CATHARTIDAE |
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References Bent, A.C. 1926. Life histories of North American marsh birds. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 135. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1963). Coulter, M. C., J. A. Rodgers, J. C. Ogden, and F. C. Depkin. 1999. Wood Stork (Mycteria americana). No. 409 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 1. Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/Fireside, NY. Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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