Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Science Article 1 abstract All 10 Wood Stork eggs collected at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in 1973 contained residues of DDE (geometric mean 4.0 ppm wet weight) and PCBs (1.2 ppm). Nine other organochlorines were found at lower frequencies in the eggs. Eggshells from the recent period were 8.9% thinner […]
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Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
[order] CICONIIFORMES | [family] Ciconiidae | [latin] Mycteria americana | [authority] Linnaeus, 1758 | [UK] Wood Stork | [FR] Tantale d’Amerique | [DE] Waldstorch | [ES] Tantalo Americano | [NL] Kaalkopooievaar Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Mycteria americana NA, LA se USA to n Argentina Genus Mycteria is a genus of large tropical storks […]