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jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
Subject: jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
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Jabiru (7992696703).jpg
Resolution: 4272x2848 File Size: 1539358 Bytes Date: 2012:09:01 20:27:58 Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Canon) F number: f/8.0 Exposure: 1/160 sec Focal Length: 400/1 Upload Date: 2017:07:06 15:55:21

jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)


A huge stork, standing up to 140cm tall. Quite common in the Pantanal.
Date 1 September 2012, 19:27
Photographer Alastair Rae https://www.flickr.com/people/55663585@N00 from London, United Kindom
Source Jabiru
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jabiru_(7992696703).jpg

The jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru. The name comes from a Tupi–Guaraní language and means "swollen neck".

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Scientific Name: Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819)
Common Names: Jabiru, Jabiru Stork
French: Jabiru d’Amérique; German: Jabiru; Spanish: Jabirú americano, Cigüeña jabirú
Taxonomy: Ciconia mycteria M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1819, Brazil.

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