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Bird name:

Jabiru

Jabiru mycteriaOrder: CICONIIFORMES Family: Storks (Ciconiidae)

Codes: Common Name: JABI Scientific Name: JABMYC ITIS Taxonomic No.: 174917

Breeding Location:

Wooded areas near water

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Colonial

Breeding Population:

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

2 - 4

Incubation Days:

27 - 32

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Sticks.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Jabiru: Huge stork, one of the largest flying birds. Plumage is entirely white, head and neck are black and featherless with a red throat pouch. Female is smaller. Juvenile is brown to brown-gray and white.

Range and Habitat

Jabiru: Native to Central and South America, rare and accidential in Texas and Oklahoma. Lives near rivers, ponds, and marshy areas.

Breeding and Nesting

Jabiru: Two to four white eggs are laid in a nest of sticks high in trees that is added to year after year. Incubation is carried out by both sexes.

Foraging and Feeding

Jabiru: Eats fish, eels, amphibians, small mammals, snakes and birds. Stalks prey and stabs it with bill.

Vocalization

Jabiru: Typically silent, sometimes utters low hiss.

Similar Species

Jabiru: Wood Stork is smaller, has black tail and flight feathers, lacks red throat pouch.

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Jabiru

Jabiru: Huge stork, one of the largest flying birds. Plumage is entirely white, head and neck are black and featherless with a red throat pouch. Black bill is large, slightly upturned. Black legs and feet. Alternates between strong, slow wing beats and short glides. Soars on thermals and updrafts.

● Song: "hiss", "fizz"

● Foraging & Feeding: Jabiru: Eats fish, eels, amphibians, small mammals, snakes and birds. Stalks prey and stabs it with bill.

● Breeding & nesting: Jabiru: Two to four white eggs are laid in a nest of sticks high in trees that is added to year after year. Incubation is carried out by both sexes.

● Similar species: Jabiru: Wood Stork is smaller, has black tail and flight feathers, lacks red throat pouch.

Flight Pattern

Strong steady deep wing beats., Soars on thermals and updrafts.

● Range & Habitat: Jabiru: Native to Central and South America, rare and accidential in Texas and Oklahoma. Lives near rivers, ponds, and marshy areas.

^BreedingMonogamous, Colonial

^Population

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight243.2 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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Range and Habitat

Breeding and Nesting

Foraging and Feeding

Vocalization

Similar Species

Jabiru

Flight Pattern