Wood Stork Mycteria americana Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (41)
- Monotypic
M. C. Coulter, James A. Rodgers Jr., John C. Ogden, and F. C. Depkin
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
Text last updated January 1, 1999
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Горски щъркел |
| Catalan | tàntal americà |
| Croatian | gologlava roda |
| Czech | nesyt americký |
| Dutch | Kaalkopooievaar |
| English | Wood Stork |
| English (United States) | Wood Stork |
| Finnish | amerikaniibishaikara |
| French | Tantale d'Amérique |
| French (France) | Tantale d'Amérique |
| German | Waldstorch |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Tantal rak bwa |
| Icelandic | Trjástorkur |
| Japanese | アメリカトキコウ |
| Norwegian | amerikastork |
| Polish | dławigad amerykański |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cabeça-seca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cabeça-seca |
| Russian | Американский клювач |
| Serbian | Američka šumska roda |
| Slovak | myktéria holokrká |
| Slovenian | Ameriški nesit |
| Spanish | Tántalo Americano |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Tuyuyú |
| Spanish (Chile) | Cigüeña de cabeza pelada |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Cigüeñón |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Cayama |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Panama) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Tuyuyú |
| Spanish (Peru) | Cigüeña Gabán |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Cigüeña |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tántalo americano |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Cigüeña Cabeza Pelada |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gabán |
| Swedish | amerikansk ibisstork |
| Turkish | Kara Boyunlu Orman Leyleği |
| Ukrainian | Міктерія |
Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Mycteria americana
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.140.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'America calidiore' = Brazil ex Markgrave. Breeds from Georgia south through Florida, Greater Antilles,
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MYCTERIA
- mycteria
- americ / americana / americanum / americanus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Distribution of the Wood Stork
