JABIRU

jabiru, Jabiru mycteria

(noun) large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America

saddlebill, jabiru, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

(noun) large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

jabiru (plural jabirus)

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.

Source: Wiktionary

Jab"i*ru, n. Etym: [Braz. jabirú, jaburú.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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, or Ephippiorhynchus, Senegalensis) has the neck, head, wing coverts, and tail, black, and is called also saddle-billed stork.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition