Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Storks :: Jabiru

Jabiru Jabiru mycteria

Described by: Lichtenstein (1819)
Alternate common name(s): American Jabiru, Jabiru Stork
Old scientific name(s): Ephippiorhynchus mycterius

Photographs

Brazil - Date unknown © Arthur Grosset  Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Dec, 2006 © Arthur Grosset  Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Dec, 2006 © Arthur Grosset  Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Dec, 2006 © Arthur Grosset  Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Jun, 2006 © Lou Hegedus 
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Range

C. Central America s. and e. of the Andes to se. South America;
S. Mexico (Veracruz, Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo), Belize (Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary), Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, n. and e. Colombia from lower Magdalena to e. Ilanos, Venezuela (Rios Apure, Orinoco and Ventuari), Guyana, Surinam, Guiana, Brazil (Bahia) s. to Mato Grosso, Goias, Sao Paulo, e. Peru, n. and e. Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and n. Argentina (s. to Corrientes and n. Santa Fe).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

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

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