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Maguari Stork
Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Herons, ibises & storks

Maguari Stork

Ciconia maguari (Gmelin, 1789)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishMaguari Stork
DutchMagoeari
SpanishCigüeña americana
Chinese黑尾鹳
Scientific nameCiconia maguari (Gmelin, 1789)

About this species

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. It is the only species of its genus to occur in the New World and is one of the only three New World stork species, together with the wood stork and the jabiru.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCiconiiformes
FamilyCiconiidae
GenusCiconia

In Suriname

22Records in Suriname
1970First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Nickerie12
  • Commewijne2
  • Sipaliwini2
  • Saramacca1

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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