Le Maguari ou Cigogne d'Amérique

Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1731–1800)
Title Français : Cigogne maguari ou Cigogne d'Amérique; Latina: Ciconia maguari
Date 1796
Notes Tome 7, deuxième partie, planche 78 du livre Histoire des oiseaux peints dans tous leurs aspects apparents et sensibles, ornée de planches coloriées de François-Nicolas Martinet
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois-Nicolas_Martinet_-_Histoire_des_oiseaux_-_VII_-_Cigogne_d%27Am%C3%A9rique.jpg


The maguari stork (Ciconia maguari) is a large species of stork that inhabits seasonal wetlands over much of South America, and is very similar in appearance to the white stork; albeit slightly larger. Ciconia maguari is the only species of its genus to occur in the New World.

Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Ciconia
Species: Ciconia maguari (Gmelin, JF, 1789)