Bio Facts About Wood Stork
The Wood Stork
Wood storks, one of the largest birds in the world, have a special appearance that people can easily identify. There are several species that are in the same family of wood stork worldwide. They are usually found in the wetlands, where they find their food. They use their powerful bills to catch prey in muddy waters with high concentrations of fish (Mel Baughman, 2003, p. 82). These endangered species are well adapted to their environment and are one of the top predators in their habitat. There are several characteristics including physical and habitual features that help wood stork survive in their habitat.
Name
The scientific name of the wood stork is Mycteria Americana (Bio Facts: Wood Stork). Wood storks’ offspring are commonly …show more content…
They are generally covered with white feathers on their wings and black feathers at the tip of the wings and their tails are covered with only black feathers. They do not have a crest, horn, or antlers. Although they catch their prey in the water, they do not have webbed toes. Wood Storks also have a long and half-naked neck, two long legs, and two large wings. They are one of the biggest birds that can fly; they are 40 inches tall, with a wingspan of 61 inches long (Mel Baughman, 2003, p. 82). They are about 1-3.4 kilogram. Both sexes’ appearance looks same, but generally the male stork is bigger and heavier than the female stork (Perrins, 2003, p. 107). They have seven body parts; the head including the beak, neck, back, chest, abdomen, wings, tail, and legs including their …show more content…
They usually run before they fly to get off from the ground. Also, with their neck extended wood storks fly, which most of the storks do. They use the soaring method, which is called soaring flight, when their destination is far away (Behavior). When they use soaring flight, storks usually reach high altitudes and then glide down to their destination (Perrins, 2003, p. 107). Generally, soaring flight requires less energy than flapping flight; it nearly costs one-tenth the energy of flapping the wings. However, when they are planning to travel to a nearby site, they usually flap their wings instead of using soaring flight (Behavior). Wood storks walk slowly on the ground and in the water. However, they fly fast in the sky. Flying fast is important to wood storks because they need enough speed to maintain
Wood storks, one of the largest birds in the world, have a special appearance that people can easily identify. There are several species that are in the same family of wood stork worldwide. They are usually found in the wetlands, where they find their food. They use their powerful bills to catch prey in muddy waters with high concentrations of fish (Mel Baughman, 2003, p. 82). These endangered species are well adapted to their environment and are one of the top predators in their habitat. There are several characteristics including physical and habitual features that help wood stork survive in their habitat.
Name
The scientific name of the wood stork is Mycteria Americana (Bio Facts: Wood Stork). Wood storks’ offspring are commonly …show more content…
They are generally covered with white feathers on their wings and black feathers at the tip of the wings and their tails are covered with only black feathers. They do not have a crest, horn, or antlers. Although they catch their prey in the water, they do not have webbed toes. Wood Storks also have a long and half-naked neck, two long legs, and two large wings. They are one of the biggest birds that can fly; they are 40 inches tall, with a wingspan of 61 inches long (Mel Baughman, 2003, p. 82). They are about 1-3.4 kilogram. Both sexes’ appearance looks same, but generally the male stork is bigger and heavier than the female stork (Perrins, 2003, p. 107). They have seven body parts; the head including the beak, neck, back, chest, abdomen, wings, tail, and legs including their …show more content…
They usually run before they fly to get off from the ground. Also, with their neck extended wood storks fly, which most of the storks do. They use the soaring method, which is called soaring flight, when their destination is far away (Behavior). When they use soaring flight, storks usually reach high altitudes and then glide down to their destination (Perrins, 2003, p. 107). Generally, soaring flight requires less energy than flapping flight; it nearly costs one-tenth the energy of flapping the wings. However, when they are planning to travel to a nearby site, they usually flap their wings instead of using soaring flight (Behavior). Wood storks walk slowly on the ground and in the water. However, they fly fast in the sky. Flying fast is important to wood storks because they need enough speed to maintain