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Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)

Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)
Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)

About Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Pelicans
  • Family: Storks

The maguari stork is a large species of stork that inhabits seasonal wetlands over much of South America, and is very similar in appearance to the white stork; albeit slightly larger. It is the only species of its genus to occur in the New World and is one of the only three New World stork species, together with the wood stork and the jabiru.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2005-02-18

    Buenos Aires Reserva Costeneras, Argentina
  • 2011-07-15

    Pantanal, Brazil
    Image from 2011-07-15