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Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Photo by LivanEscudero
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Field Notes

Habitat:

swamps and marshes. All year in South Florida, Caribbean, and most of the South American Amazonian forest. Winters on central American and southern US coasts.

Notes:

There were many in a larger flock of mixed wadding birds (see last photo) consisting of great egrets, roseate spoonbills, and white ibis.

Reference Links:

Wood Stork, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedDecember 31, 2017

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