Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Spanish: Cigüeñón

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Photographed by mora17918 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

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 an ibis. It is found in subtropical and tropical habitats in the Americas, including the Caribbean. In South America, it is resident, but in North America, it disperses to as far as South America. It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It likely evolved in tropical regions....

TaxonomyAves › Ciconiiformes › Ciconiidae
Local records185 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records36,118 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2026 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Cite as: “Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/mycteria-americana/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.