wood stork (Mycteria americana) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Tamiami Trail Florida
Description
English: Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) - Tamiami Trail - Florida
Deutsch: Waldstorch (Mycteria americana) - Tamiami Trail - Florida
Date 6 March 2010
Author Hans Stieglitz https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hans_Stieglitz
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florida-755.jpg
The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the "wood ibis", though it is not an ibis. This is a subtropical and tropical species which breeds in much of South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The wood stork is the only stork that presently breeds in North America. Order: Ciconiiformes, Family: Ciconiidae, Genus: Mycteria, Species: Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758.
