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Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
26.0471, -80.5948
Field Notes
Description:
Large, long-legged, white wading bird with featherless head and neck and black wingtips.
Habitat:
This is a subtropical and tropical species which breeds in much of South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The Wood Stork is the only stork that presently breeds in North America. In the United States there is a small and endangered breeding population in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, along with a recently discovered rookery in southeastern North Carolina.
Notes:
spotted in Everglades National Park
Reference Links:
Wood Stork
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2013
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