© Brian Sullivan
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
M. C. Coulter, James A. Rodgers Jr., John C. Ogden, and F. C. Depkin
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 1999
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 1999
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Горски щъркел |
| Croatian | gologlava roda |
| Czech | nesyt americký |
| Dutch | Kaalkopooievaar |
| English | Wood Stork |
| English (United States) | Wood Stork |
| Finnish | amerikaniibishaikara |
| French | Tantale d'Amérique |
| French (French Guiana) | Tantale d'Amérique |
| German | Waldstorch |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Tantal rak bwa |
| Icelandic | Trjástorkur |
| Japanese | アメリカトキコウ |
| Norwegian | amerikastork |
| Polish | dławigad amerykański |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cabeça-seca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cabeça-seca |
| Russian | Американский клювач |
| Serbian | Američka šumska roda |
| Slovak | myktéria holokrká |
| Spanish | Tántalo Americano |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Tuyuyú |
| Spanish (Chile) | Cigüeña de cabeza pelada |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Cigüeñón |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Cayama |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Panama) | Cigüeña Americana |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Tuyuyú |
| Spanish (Peru) | Cigüeña Gabán |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Cigüeña |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tántalo americano |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Cigüeña Cabeza Pelada |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gabán |
| Swedish | amerikansk ibisstork |
| Turkish | Kara Boyunlu Orman Leyleği |
| Ukrainian | Міктерія |
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- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Wood Stork in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Some individuals remain outside of the breeding range throughout the nonbreeding season while others return to breeding areas during the winter months. Dispersal occasionally occurs north to Canada or other locations outside of the breeding range in the Caribbean and Central America. The species also breeds in South America.