What is "mycteria americana"

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

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.

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.