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CaRMS taxon detailsMycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758
159150 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159150)
accepted
Species
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
Distribution North America
Distribution North America [details]
CaRMS (2021). Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159150 on 2025-09-18
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159150 on 2025-09-18
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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]  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]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions Length: 40" (102 cm); Wingspan: 61" (155 cm) [details]Distribution North America [details] Reproduction Breeds and winters from South Carolina, Florida, and Mexico south locally through Central America and eastern South America and Argentina. [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
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