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Wood Stork

Mycteria americana · Family Ciconiidae

Mycteria americana

Family Ciconiidae

Order
Ciconiiformes
Family
Ciconiidae
GBIF occurrence records
867,093
Countries and territories with records
35
Wood Stork
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About this species

This species has 867,093 occurrence records from 35 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (72.3%), Costa Rica (5.8%), Mexico (5.6%), Brazil (3.4%) and Belize (2.5%); together they account for 89.5% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.056% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Mycteria americana combines the genus name Mycteria with the species epithet americana. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Mycteria; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Mycteria leucocephala, Mycteria ibis and Mycteria cinerea.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 16 species of the family Ciconiidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ciconia ciconia. Its record count is 3.1 times the family average (283,865). The family Ciconiidae belongs to the order Ciconiiformes, which has 16 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Ciconiidae

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