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title: "Maguari Stork"
description: "Ciconia maguari — Birds. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/maguari-stork
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maguari Stork

> Ciconia maguari — Birds. 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.

- Scientific name: *Ciconia maguari*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 5069
- Wikidata: [Q338601](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338601)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4740](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4740)

## Names

- en: Maguari Stork
- de: Maguaristorch
- es: Cigüeña americana
- fr: Cigogne maguari
- nl: Magoeari
- pt: Maguari
- pl: Bocian sinodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

AR (3668), BR (647), UY (330), BO (93), CO (61), PY (44), VE (32), GY (25), PE (6), PA (5)

## Summary

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. It is the only species of its genus to occur in the New World and is one of the only three New World stork species, together with the wood stork and the jabiru.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maguari_stork

## Photo

![Maguari Stork](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/maguari-stork/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francisco Liguori · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57455054

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/maguari-stork?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).