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wood stork
The wood stork (''Mycteria americana'') is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the "wood ibis", though it is not really an ibis. As of June 26, 2014 it is classified as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.〔〔
==Description==
The adult is a large bird which stands tall and spans across the wings. Males typically weigh , with a mean weight of ; females weigh , with a mean weight of .〔〔''CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses, 2nd Edition'' by John B. Dunning Jr. (Editor). CRC Press (2008), ISBN 978-1-4200-6444-5.〕 Another mean estimated weight for the species was .〔Palmer, R. S. 1962. ''Handbook of North American birds, Volume 1, Loons through Flamingos''. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, CT.〕 However, exceptionally large males are sometimes found and these can weigh up to .〔 It appears all white on the ground, with blackish-gray legs and pink feet. In flight, the trailing edge of the wings is black. The head is dark brown with a bald, black face, and the thick downcurved bill is dusky yellow. Juvenile birds are a duller version of the adult, generally browner on the neck, and with a paler bill. The bare head and the long bill, which can measure up to in length, render the wood stork distinctive from other large waders in its range.〔 The standard scientific measurements of the wood stork are as follows: the wing is , the culmen is and the tarsus is .〔
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