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Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758

159150 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159150)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Tetrapoda
  7. Reptilia
  8. Aves
  9. Ciconiiformes
  10. Ciconiidae
  11. Mycteria
  12. Mycteria americana
accepted
Species
Mycteria Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
NARMS (2021). Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159150 on 2026-07-22
NARMS (2026). Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159150 on 2026-07-22
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked
Adriaens, Peter

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details] 

additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details] 

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] 

additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details] 
 
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English wood stork  [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (438 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mycteria americana) 
To GenBank (432 nucleotides; 28056 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ciconiidae (Storks), USNM 488620, carpometacarpus, dorsal) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 444277 Mycteria) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed