Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
The only stork that breeds in North America. Hunts by feel, snapping its bill shut in 25 milliseconds.
- Populasi
- 144,000-756,000 mature individuals globally (216,600-1,133,900 total individuals)
- Habitat
- Freshwater and brackish forested wetlands, swamps, and marshes with fluctuating water levels; nests colonially in trees (cypress, mangrove, oak, black gum) standing over water; forages in open wetlands with water 4-12 inches deep
- Fakta menarik
- On hot days, Wood Stork parents cool their nestlings by regurgitating water directly over them in the nest.
- Sebaran
- Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina) south through Mexico and Central America, Cuba, and much of South America to northern Argentina; the only stork species that breeds in North America
- Makanan
- Primarily fish (2-25 cm), located by tactile bill-groping in shallow water; also crustaceans (notably crabs), insects, frogs, and occasionally reptiles, nestlings, and seeds, with diet composition shifting seasonally between dry and wet seasons; adults require roughly 520 g of food daily
- Ukuran
- 1 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1,6 m
- Masa hidup
- 10 tahun
