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Jabiru mycteria
Big black head and beak with red neck
Sub-tropical rainforest, typically more common in the Pantanal region
Spotted on Oct 16, 2010
Submitted on Oct 17, 2010
8 Comments
We have very few in Costa Rica actually considered an endangered species .
Haha yeah, that's definitely not a Great Egret. Thanks Carolina.
Peter, I hope you don't mind, but I updated the scientific name, you had Ardea alba on it. :)
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Amazing! I have never seen one like this.
Ours Jabiru is a different species, but look similar enough to yours that they were given the same name (which originally came from an indigenous South American language). A number of Australian animals actually got named after their American cousins. For example the Australian possum is named after the American opossum. And though not closely related, the name of South American iguana was applied to our largest lizards, which was then eventually bastardized into the word goanna, Entomology and etymology are both hobbies of mine.
It's actually quite common in the Pantanal wetland region of Brazil and Paraguay.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantanal
Great shot. I didn't know there was another Jabiru (Black-necked Stork) than the one in Australia.