Ciconiidae

Mycteria ibis Photo by Arthur Morris (Birds as Art) Common name:yellow-billed stork (en); cegonha-de-bico-amarelo (pt); tantale ibis (fr); tántalo africano (es); nimmersatt (de)Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily CiconiidaeRange:This species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Mali to Sudan and Ethiopia and south to Namibia, Botswana and eastern South Africa. It is also found in north-western…

Ciconia maguari Photo by Aline Wolfer (Oiseaux d’Argentine) Common name:maguari stork (en); cegonha-maguari (pt); cigogne maguari (fr); cigueña maguari (es); maguaristorch (de) Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily Ciconiidae Range:This species is found throughout most of South America east of the Andes, from Venezuela to central Argentina, but is mostly absent from the Amazon basin and from north-eastern Brazil….