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About the wood stork
The wood stork is a bird in the family Ciconiidae (order Ciconiiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 150 cm.
What does the wood stork sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
From Wikipedia
The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large wading bird in the family Ciconiidae (storks). Originally described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, this stork is native to the subtropics and tropics of the Americas, where it persists in habitats with fluctuating water levels. It is the only stork species that breeds in North America. The head and neck are bare of feathers, and dark grey in colour. The plumage is mostly white, with the exception of the tail and some of the wing feathers, which are black with a greenish-purplish sheen.
Globally, the wood stork is considered to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. In the United States, the wood stork was previously classified as endangered due to loss of suitable feeding habitat in the Florida Everglades, its historical population stronghold in the country. The species has been subsequently downlisted to threatened after northward range expansion and increased population size.
More from the family Ciconiidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a wood stork sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the wood stork on this page. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the wood stork endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the wood stork as “least concern”.
What family does the wood stork belong to?
The wood stork (Mycteria americana) belongs to the family Ciconiidae in the order Ciconiiformes.
Sources & credits
- Baby Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q990175 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Wood stork – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Googie man ( talk ) – CC BY-SA 3.0