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Maguari stork

Ciconia maguari (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The maguari stork (Ciconia maguari) is a species in the family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes. Recorded adults weigh 3.8 kg to 4.2 kg and live up to 20.2 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)
Photo: © 2006 Carla Antonini · CC BY-SA 2.5 ar · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the maguari stork

Weight
3.8 kg – 4.2 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
20.2 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
20.4 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
30 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 3.07src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the maguari stork live?

Not recorded

What is the maguari stork?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Maguari stork” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maguari_stork&oldid=1383752689), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the maguari stork endangered?

The maguari stork is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the maguari stork classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCiconiiformes
  5. familyCiconiidae
  6. genusCiconia
  7. SpeciesCiconia maguari (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Ardea galeata, Ardea maguari, Euxenura galeata, Euxenura maguari

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Maguarí storkEnglish
  • لقلق ماجواريArabic
  • Амерыканскі буселBelarusian
  • Американски щъркелBulgarian
  • cigonya sud-americanaCatalan
  • čáp jihoamerickýCzech
  • ciconia magwariWelsh
  • MaguaristorchGerman
  • Maguari-StorchGerman
  • sudamerika cikonioEsperanto
  • Cigueña maguariSpanish
  • CigüeñaSpanish
  • Cigüeña americanaSpanish
  • Cigueña comúnSpanish
  • Cigüeña maguariSpanish
  • PilloSpanish
  • TuyangoSpanish
  • roo-toonekurgEstonian
  • amerikankattohaikaraFinnish
  • Cigogne maguariFrench
  • MbaguariGuarani
  • חסידת מגוואריHebrew
  • južnoamerička rodaCroatian
  • maguari gólyaHungarian
  • Ամերիկյան արագիլArmenian
  • Cicogna maguariItalian
  • シロエンビコウJapanese
  • Pietų Amerikos gandrasLithuanian
  • MagoeariDutch
  • bocian sinodziobyPolish
  • maguariPortuguese
  • cegonha-maguariPortuguese
  • Американский аистRussian
  • bocian maguariSlovak
  • ameriška štorkljaSlovenian
  • Maguari rodaSerbian
  • Boyalı Keşiş LeyleğiTurkish
  • магуаріUkrainian
  • 黑尾鸛Chinese
  • 黑尾鹳Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the maguari stork

Other species in the same genus Ciconia.

CompareMaguari stork vs White storkMaguari stork vs Black storkMaguari stork vs Asian woolly-necked storkMaguari stork vs Abdim's stork

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the maguari stork?

An adult maguari stork weighs 3.8 kg – 4.2 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the maguari stork endangered?

The maguari stork is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the maguari stork live?

The maguari stork has a recorded lifespan of 20.2 years.

What kind of animal is the maguari stork?

The maguari stork (Ciconia maguari) belongs to the family Ciconiidae in the order Ciconiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{maguari_stork_2026,
  title = {Maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/maguari-stork},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}