What is "wood stork"

1. n. Old World wood ibis [syn: wood ibis, Ibis ibis]

2. American stork resembling the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics [syn: wood ibis, Mycteria americana]

The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the "wood ibis", though it is not an ibis. As of June 26, 2014 it is classified as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.