jabiru

IPA: dʒˈæbɪru

A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.
(Australia) The black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus.

Examples of "jabiru" in Sentences

It is also known as the black-necked stork or jabiru stork.
There is yet another stork known as the jabiru, this one in sub-Saharan Africa.
The African jabiru is more commonly known as the saddle-billed stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis.
It would seem that these imitation jabiru storks were named after the original South American species after being mistaken for it.
There is an Australian bird that is also sometimes known as the jabiru, but it is taxonomically distinct: Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus.
This is the original jabiru, whilst the other species are imitations, having the same head and neck colouration, which is the reason they were given the same name.
Jabirú, Jabiru mycteria formerly, Mycteria americana and Ephippiorhynchus mycteria; protonym, Ciconia mycteria, also known as the American jabiru and the jabiru stork, photographed at Belém, Brasil.
They stalk the animals by using the stratagem of a cap made of the skin of a leche’s or poku’s head, having the horns still attached, and another made so as to represent the upper white part of the crane called jabiru (‘Mycteru Senegalensis’), with its long neck and beak above.