Maguari Stork

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Bird name: Maguari Stork
Latin: Ciconia maguari
Other: Maguari (Br) • Tuyango, Cigüeña americana, Tabuyayá (Es)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
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The Maguari Stork is a large stork which lives in South America. In Brazil it is principally found from Rio Grande do Sul to the Pantanal.

It has pink-red lores and yellow irises, the upper part of its bill is bluish and the lower part pink, legs are pink-red and wings black and white. The Wood Stork has a much blacker, heavy, dirty-looking head and bill.

Storks fly with their necks extended, which is also a quick way of differentiating them from egrets and herons, which generally fly with their necks retracted.





Other Brazilian names: Cauanã • Cauauá• Cauauã • Cegonha • Jaburu-moleque • João-grande • Maguarim • Mauari • Tabujajá • Tapucaiá • Tubaiaiá