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Tuiuiú

Jabiru mycteria

Photo by Rubens Araujo
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Other names: Jaburu, tuiuiú ou tuim-de-papo-vermelho

Zooparque Itatiba, Sp - Brazil www.zooparque.com.br

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Comments (9)
p.young713
Thats very interesting!! Sounds like a beautiful place. Thank you, Rubens!!
Rubens Araujo
P.young, the Jabiru mycteria is found mainly at pantanal region : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantanal
p.young713
Hi, I did not realize they look so different, the 2 species. I read about yours and thought how interesting. A second separate , non-endangered population of wood storks breeds from Mexico to northern Argentina. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Stork/id/ac Here is a good map of migration. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8515765 Here is the wood stork that fly's to Mexico and South America. Rubens, Have you seen these bald headed, wood storks in your region? They may be called something else?
Rubens Araujo
P.young... This was the first time that I saw a wood stork...this one was in a zoo 100 km far from my city. I never seen one before. They are really beautiful... I thought it was found only in South America... I found the text below at Brazilian wikipedia: The wood stork (Jabiru mycteria), also known as Jabiru, Tuim de papo vermelho (in Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul states ), cauauá (Amazonas state ) and Jabiru (in southern Brazil). It's a bird ciconiforme Ciconiidae family. It is considered the bird symbol of Pantanal ( Mato Grosso state region) and is found from Mexico to Uruguay, with the largest populations are in the Pantanal and the eastern Chaco, Paraguay.
p.young713
These birds are awesome, I took a photo of the American Tuiuiú, "which we call the wood stork"!! I have been researching them and I wondered if you have seen the US wood stork in your region? They are supposed to fly south??
Jonathan Sequeira
Pássaro impressionante, na Costa Rica que já vi em zonas húmidas em ambas as costas, mas é considerada em perigo de extinção.
KarenL
What an awesome looking bird!

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