Wood Stork
26 November 2011 21:30 Filed in: Ciconiidae Storks Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Mostardas Lagoa do Peixe Mato Grosso Pantanal Curicaca Lodge Transpantaneira
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Lagoa do Peixe, RS • November 2009
Bird name: Wood Stork
Latin: Mycteria americana
Other: Wood Ibis • Cabeça-seca (Br) • Tántalo Americano (Es)
Family: Ciconiidae • Storks
Range: SE USA to N Argentina, incl Brazil, Pantanal etc
Similar: Maguari Stork, Jabiru
The Wood Stork is a large stork which lives in tropical and sub-tropical America, with a small population in south-eastern USA. These photos were taken in Rio Grande do Sul and the Pantanal.
It is distinguished from the Maguari Stork by its darker, heavier neck, head and bill, which is slightly curved, dark irises and dark legs. Wings are black and white.
Below, Wood Stork in flight in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Below, young Wood Stork still has white feathers on neck.
Below, Wood Stork beside a drying pool in the Pantanal, Brazil, August.
Below, Wood Storks perched on a dead tree in the Pantanal, August.
Other Spanish names: Cayama, Cigüeña de cabeza pelada, Cabeza seca, Cigüeñón, Tuyuyú
Other Brazilian names: Passarão, Jaburu-moleque, Cabeça-de-pedra, Trepa-moleque, Tuiuiú (south)
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