Wood Stork
Mycteria americanaLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Wood Stork
The Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) 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: southern USA to northern Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and HispaniolaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mycteria americana
- Family
- Ciconiidae (Storks)
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wood Stork
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- 'America calidiore' = Brazil ex Markgrave. Breeds from Georgia south through Florida, Greater Antilles,
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.140
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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