Ciconia maltha
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Ciconiiformes |
| Family: | Ciconiidae |
| Genus: | Ciconia |
| Species: | C. maltha |
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Ciconia maltha Miller, 1910 |
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Ciconia maltha, also known as the asphalt stork or La Brea stork, is an extinct stork from the Late Pliocene – Late Pleistocene of United States (California, Oregon, Idaho and Florida), Cuba and Bolivia. It has been found in the La Brea Tar Pits.
It is a relatively large species of Ciconia, with a height of over 4 feet (1.5 meters) and a wingspan up to 9 feet (3 meters) across.
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