Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)

Maguari Stork, a reference photo — Photo: Lip Kee Yap · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

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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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Maguari Stork being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Ciconia boyciana
Anastomus oscitans

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Ciconia
Species: Ciconia maguari

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