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Jabiru mycteria
Alastair Rae, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Herons, ibises & storks

Jabiru mycteria

LC Least Concern

Names

English—
DutchJabiroe
SpanishCigüeña jabirú
Chinese裸颈鹳
Scientific nameJabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819)

About this species

The jabiru ( or ; Jabiru mycteria) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. The only member of the genus of the same name, it is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the eastern Paraguayan Chaco. It sometimes wanders into the United States, usually in Texas, but also reportedly in Mississippi, Oklahoma and Louisiana. The name comes from the Tupi–Guaraní languages and means 'swollen neck'.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCiconiiformes
FamilyCiconiidae
GenusJabiru

In Suriname

75Records in Suriname
1900First record
2022Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini6
  • Nickerie3
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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