Yellow-billed stork | |
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Breeding adult, South Africa | |
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Juvenile, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Ciconiiformes |
Family: | Ciconiidae |
Genus: | Mycteria |
Species: | M. ibis
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Binomial name | |
Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Synonyms | |
Tantalus ibis Linnaeus, 1766 |
The yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), sometimes also called the wood stork or wood ibis, is a large African wading stork species in the family Ciconiidae. It is widespread in regions south of the Sahara and also occurs in Madagascar.