Mycteria americana ORDER: CICONIIFORMES FAMILY: CICONIIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Phillip Simmons
A large, white, bald-headed wading bird of the southeastern swamps, the Wood Stork is the only stork breeding in the United States. Its late winter breeding season is timed to the Florida dry season when its fish prey become concentrated in shrinking pools.
Usually silent. Nasal barking calls at nest.