Birds of the World

    CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae (Storks)  
Genus: Mycteria (4 species)


Wood Stork
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Range: NA, MA, SA: se USA to n Argentina
Green Cay Nature Center, Delray Beach, Florida, USA
  Unmistakable. Note featherless neck except on immature.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Wood Storks are found in wetlands and are often seen stirring up the ground underwater with their feet when searching for prey. Wood Storks sometimes soar overhead.
An active nest with young chicks.
Returning to nest with nesting material.
An active nest with older chicks.

Milky Stork
Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea) Endangered
Range: OR, AU: c Cambodia, w Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi
Sungai Buloh Wetlands Reserve, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-billed Stork
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
Range: AF: widespread s of the Sahara
Lake Nakuru, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


Painted Stork
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) Near Threatened
Range: OR: India and se Asia
Pak Thale, Phetchaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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