Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Storks :: Wood Stork

Wood Stork Mycteria americana

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): American Wood Ibis, Wood Ibis, American Wood-stork
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Fort DeSoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida, USA - Nov 15, 2006 © William Hull  Fort DeSoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida, USA - Nov 15, 2006 © William Hull  Fort DeSoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida, USA - Nov 15, 2006 © William Hull  Palo Verde National Park, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica - Feb 26, 2010 © William Hull  Celery Fields, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Nov 10, 2004 © William Hull 
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Range

Se. United States, West Indies, coastal Cental America, n. to se. South America;
Sw. and se. United States from coastal South Carolina to Florida and Texas, e. and w. coasts of Mexico (n. Baja, s. from Sonora, Tamaulipas to the Yucatan Peninsula), West Indies (Cuba, Dominican Republic on e. Hispaniola, Saona Is.), Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Cano Negro), Panama, e. Colombia (mostly Caribbean coast), Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana, Brazil (Bahia, Lago de Sobradinho, Rio San Francisco), e. of the Andes in ex. s. Ecuador, e. Peru to c. Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay s. through c. Argentina to n. Buenos Aires (casual to Chubut) and n. Chile.
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer: breeds in se. GEO and on the FLA peninsula. Disperses n. in late summer to s. CAL (Salton Sea), sw. and c. ARZ, s. NEV, e. TEX, s. ARK, LOU and in the lower Mississippi Valley to ex. se. MOU, ex. s. ILL, ex. w. KTY, w. TEN, MIS, ALA, n. GEO, c. SCA;
Winter: FLA peninsula.

Videos

Myakka River State Park, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Jun 3, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is walking.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Florida Museum of Natural History

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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