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.