Yellow-billed stork

Yellow-billed stork
Breeding adult, South Africa
Juvenile, Tanzania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Mycteria
Species:
M. ibis
Binomial name
Mycteria ibis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Tantalus ibis Linnaeus, 1766

The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) is a large African stork species in the family Ciconiidae. It is widespread south of the Sahara and also occurs in Madagascar.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Mycteria ibis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22697654A93628112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22697654A93628112.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.