jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)

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Subject:	jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
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Mycteria americana - - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ17600049.jpg

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jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)

Mycteria americana
Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Source/Photographer Buffon VIII p. 136 pl. 817
Old Latin name Mycteria americana
New Latin name Jabiru mycteria
Common name Nederlands: Jabiroe
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mycteria_americana_-_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17600049.tif

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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