Storks

Maguari Stork

Ciconia maguari

The Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari) is a 4.0 kg grassland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Storks

Order

Ciconiiformes

Weight

4.0 kg

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Peru.

Where to see it: Laguna del Diario (Uruguay); Ceibas (Argentina); Hato El Cedral (acceso restringido) (Venezuela); (IBA) Esteros del Arroyo Maldonado · Área general (Uruguay); PN Iberá · Portal Laguna Iberá (Carlos Pellegrini y Laguna Iberá) (Argentina).

Photo: (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nicolas Olejnik via iNaturalist