  the jabiru ( or ; ) is a large stork found in the americas from mexico to argentina, except west of the andes. it is most common in the pantanal region of brazil and the eastern chaco region of paraguay. it is the only member of the genus jabiru. the name comes from a tupiâguaranÃ­ language and means "swollen neck". ==etymology and origins== the name jabiru has also been used for two other birds of a distinct genus: the asian black-necked stork (ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), commonly called "jabiru" in australia; and sometimes also for the saddle-billed stork (ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) of sub-saharan africa. in particular, gardiner's egyptian hieroglyph g29, believed to depict an e. senegalensis, is sometimes labeled "jabiru" in hieroglyph lists. the ephippiorhynchus are believed to be the jabiru's closest living cousins, indicating an old world origin for the species.hancock & kushan, storks, ibises and spoonbills of the world. princeton university press (1992), isbn 978-0-12-322730-0 thumb|left|flying the proposed late pleistocene fossil stork genus prociconia from brazil might actually belong in jabiru. a fossil species of jabiru was found in the early pliocene codore formation near urumaco, venezuela (walsh & sÃ¡nchez 2008). in portuguese, the bird is called jabiru, jaburu, tuiuiu, tuim-de-papo-vermelho ("red-necked tuim", in mato grosso) and cauauÃ¡ (in the amazon basin). the name tuiuiu is also used in southern brazil for the wood stork (mycteria americana). ==description== thumb|left|a jabiru in belize the jabiru is the tallest flying bird found in [[south america
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