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Maguari stork
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The maguari stork (Ciconia maguari) is a large species of stork that inhabits seasonal wetlands over much of South America, and is very similar in appearance to the white stork; albeit slightly larger.[2] It is the only species of its genus to occur in the New World[3] and is one of the only three New World stork species, together with the wood stork and the jabiru.[4]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Ciconiiformes |
Family: | Ciconiidae |
Genus: | Ciconia |
Species: | C. maguari |
Binomial name | |
Ciconia maguari (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | |
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Nonbreeding Year-round |
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