Jabiru
Jabiru mycteria(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1819)
English (US) Jabiru
The Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ciconiidae (Storks) in the order Ciconiiformes.
Range: west-central Mexico through South America to northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Jabiru mycteria
- Family
- Ciconiidae (Storks)
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Jabiru
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ciconia mycteria
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1819)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften p.163
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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