Wood Stork
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Mycteria americana (Linnaeus)
DESCRIPTION: The largest (86-115 cm [34-45 in.]) wading bird breeding in the United States (Coulter et al. 1999). Sexes similar in appearance.
Wood stork Mycteria americana
Identification Tips:
Length: 35 inches Wingspan: 66 inches
Sexes similar
Large, long-legged wader with a long neck
Large bill, thick and slightly decurved
Head and neck unfeathered and black ...
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
The Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) is a very primitive-looking resident bird of much of Florida as well as the coastal sections of Georgia and South Carolina.
Wood Storks nest in colonies ranging from a few to thousands of pairs. Seasonally monogamous, they begin breeding at three or four years of age.
Wood Stork Range
Audio
Fast Facts
Type: Bird Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 11 to 18 years Size: Body, 33 to 45 in (85 to 115 cm); wingspan, 4.9 to 5.8 ft (1.5 to 1.8 m) Weight: 4.5 to 5.8 lbs (2.1 to 2.
The wood stork breeds in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. After the breeding season it can be found north to North Carolina and west to Mississippi. The wood stork is on the U.S. Endangered Species List.
Wood Stork
(Mycteria americana)
© David Sarkozi, Houston Texas, 1996
Last updated 2/15/96 The Wood Stork is another tropical species that just makes it to the UTC. Its a common summer resident on the coastal plain from July to September.
Wood Stork: Mycteria americana
Appearance:
Tall and long-legged, the wood stork is the largest wading bird native to America.
Wood storks are large wading birds which can have a wing-span of up to 180cm. They rely on exceptionally quick reflexes to catch small fish in shallow waters.
Scientific name: Mycteria americana
Rank: Species ...
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
(aka American Wood-ibis)
Brazil
This large white stork has a bare black head and neck with black flight feathers making it look a bit like a King Vulture when it soars at great heights.
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
ANATIDAE: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) ...
Wood Storks, most common in central and south Florida, are found in wetland areas.
They forage in flocks in fairly calm, shallow water with little aquatic vegetation.
Wood Stork
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana (scientific)
Western tanagers do not naturally have red feathers on their heads. The red color is from a natural chemical called rhodoxanthin that collects in the bird's body after eating insects.
Wood Stork, Mycteria americana (A)
[edit] Ibises and Spoonbills
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Threskiornithidae ...
The Wood Stork does not breed until it is 4 years old. The breeding season begins in mid-December, peaks in mid-March, and ends in late April. This is a highly colonial species, nesting in aggregations.
Painted Wood Stork, Painted Wood-Stork
Bird Family :
Ciconiidae - Storks, openbills & adjutants ...
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Genus Anastomus
Asian Openbill Stork, Anastomus oscitans
African Openbill Stork, Anastomus lamelligerus
Genus Ciconia
Abdim's Stork, Ciconia abdimii
Woolly-necked Stork, Ciconia episcopus ...
The only storks found in the Americas are the American wood stork, previously known as the wood ibis, a white bird about 4 ft (122 cm) long with a glossy greenish-black tail, found in temperate and tropical regions; and the jabiru, of the tropics, ...
Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
White stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) ...
In America the wood ibis , or American wood stork is the only species there. It is about 4 ft.
Fur Elise
The sounds of a loon, two owls, cat, wood stork and cuckoo are the sole musical instruments in this furry arrangement of the classic, "Fur Elise," composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
THE WOOD IBIS.
[Wood Stork.]
TANTALUS LOCULATOR, Linn.
[Mycteria americana.] ...
Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea)
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) ...
The Florida population prefers to nest in red and black mangroves, sometimes in conjunction with Wood Storks and herons. The Texas and Louisiana populations often nest on the ground in off-shore island mixed colonies with gulls, terns, and herons.
good luck, you may see a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a Lazuli Bunting, an American Goldfinch or a Little Blue Heron. With exceptional luck, you will see a Peregrine Falcon, a Whooping Crane (partnered with Sandhill Cranes) or possibly even a Wood Stork.
DNA evidence have led taxonomists to place the Turkey Vulture, along with the 6 other species of New World Vultures, in a quite different order, namely Ciconiiformes, along with the Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills and Storks. If you've seen a Wood Stork ...
 See also: Stork, Heron, Ibis, Spoonbill, Vulture
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