mycteria americana

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Mycteria americana
    n 1: an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having
         a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World
         tropics [syn: {wood ibis}, {wood stork}, {flinthead},
         {Mycteria americana}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Jabiru \Jab"i*ru\, n. [Braz. jabir['u], jabur['u].] (Zool.)
   One of several large wading birds of the genera {Mycteria}
   and {Xenorhynchus}, allied to the storks in form and habits.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The American jabiru ({Mycteria Americana}) is white,
         with the head and neck black and nearly bare of
         feathers. The East Indian and Australian ({Xenorhynchus
         Australis}) has the neck, head, and back covered with
         glossy, dark green feathers, changing on the head to
         purple. The African jabiru ({Mycteria Senegalensis} or
         {Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis}) has the neck, head,
         wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also
         {saddle-billed stork}.
         [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mycteria \Mycteria\ prop. n.
   A genus of birds including certain of the wood ibises,
   including the endangered {Mycteria americana}; it is
   sometimes assigned to a subfamily Mycteriinae.

   Syn: genus {Mycteria}.
        [WordNet 1.5]