South America Birds · August

Jabiru

Jabiru mycteria

Towering wetland stork with a bare black neck and red collar.

At a glance

HabitatMarshes, ponds, flooded grasslands

DietFish, frogs, snakes, invertebrates

RangeMexico through central South America

Coloring posewading in wetland shallows, neck arched

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How to know it

Largest flying bird in the Americas by height
White body, black bill and head, red neck base
Massive upturned bill tip

Fun facts

Name means ‘swollen neck’ in Tupi–Guaraní languages
Pairs build huge stick nests
Bill-rattling is used in display and alarm

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