Jabiru: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the jabiru lives – recorded in 16 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Jabiru mycteria
Group	Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	16 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Bird
Order	Ciconiiformes
Family	Ciconiidae

Where does the jabiru live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the jabiru in 16 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Belém, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the jabiru endangered?

The jabiru’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the jabiru?

The jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) is a bird in the order Ciconiiformes and the family Ciconiidae, genus Jabiru. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the jabiru

The jabiru ( or ; Jabiru mycteria) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. The only member of the genus of the same name, it is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the eastern Paraguayan Chaco. It sometimes wanders into the United States, usually in Texas, but also reportedly in Mississippi, Oklahoma and Louisiana. The name comes from the Tupi–Guaraní languages and means 'swollen neck'.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Jabiru (revision 1379851563), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q17970 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).