Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819)

Fernandez, Juan Manuel, Thomann, Luz, Fandiño, Blas, Cajade, Rodrigo & Hernando, Alejandra, 2021, An annotated checklist of birds of Paraje Tres Cerros, Corrientes province, Argentina, Check List 17 (2), pp. 415-443 : 424

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.2.415

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9278B873-FFF7-FFB2-DD93-254EFD021353

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scientific name

Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819)
status

 

Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819) View in CoL

Figure 3F

Observations. ARGENTINA • 4 (no sexual dimorphism); Corrientes, La Cruz, Paraje Tres Cerros; 29°07′ 09′′S, 056°52′28′′W. Four individuals recorded walking in flooded-savanna and wetlands GoogleMaps .

Identification. Largest stork. Overall white; head black; collar red.

Mycteria americana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Observations. ARGENTINA • 4 (no sexual dimorphism); Corrientes, La Cruz, Paraje Tres Cerros; 29°07′ 19′′S, 056°56′04′′W. We recorded four indiviuals forag- ing in flooded grassland near Cerro Nazareno GoogleMaps .

Identification. Almost entirely, white, with primaries, secondaries, and tail black. Bill long, with curved tip.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Ciconiiformes

Family

Ciconiidae

Genus

Jabiru

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