Wood Stork
Mycteria americana - Tantale d'Amérique
Systematics
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Order:
Ciconiiformes
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Family:
Ciconiidés
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Genus:
Mycteria
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Species:
americana
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 102 cm
- Wingspan: 150 à 175 cm.
- Weight: 2050 à 2640 g
Longevity
10 years
Geographic range
Identification
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) is a species of bird in the Ciconiidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Tantale d'Amérique,
- Tántalo americano,
- cabeça-seca,
- Waldstorch,
- erdei gólya,
- Kaalkopooievaar,
- Cicogna americana,
- amerikansk ibisstork,
- Amerikastork,
- myktéria holokrká,
- nesyt americký,
- Amerikansk Skovstork,
- amerikaniibishaikara,
- tàntal americà,
- dławigad amerykański,
- meža stārķis,
- Американский клювач,
- アメリカトキコウ,
- 黑头鹮鹳,
- amerikansk ibisstork,
- 林鸛,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
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in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
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EW
CR
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VU
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LC
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