Jabiru
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This article is about the bird Jabiru mycteria from the Americas. For other uses, see Jabiru (disambiguation).
The jabiru (/ˌdʒæbɪˈruː/ or /ˈdʒæbɪruː/; Jabiru mycteria) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It sometimes wanders into the United States, usually in Texas, but has also been reported in Mississippi, Oklahoma and Louisiana.[3][4] It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru. The name comes from the Tupi–Guaraní language and means "swollen neck".[5]
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Jabiru | |
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In the Pantanal, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Ciconiiformes |
Family: | Ciconiidae |
Genus: | Jabiru Hellmayr, 1906 |
Species: | J. mycteria |
Binomial name | |
Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1819) | |
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