Wood Stork

Mycteria americana - Tantale d'Amérique

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Ciconiiformes

  • Family
    :

    Ciconiidés

  • Genus
    :

    Mycteria

  • Species
    :

    americana

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 102 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 150 à 175 cm.
  • Weight
    : 2050 à 2640 g
Longevity

10 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tantale d'Amérique
adult
Tantale d'Amérique
adult

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,
  • 林鸛,

Voice song and cries

Tantale d'Amérique
adult

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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