jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) A huge stork, standing up to 140cm tall. Quite common in the Pantanal.
Date 1 September 2012, 19:27
Photographer Alastair Rae https://www.flickr.com/people/55663585@N00 from London, United Kindom
Source Jabiru
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jabiru_(7992696703).jpg
The jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru. The name comes from a Tupi–Guaraní language and means "swollen neck".
