Ciconia maltha
Extinct species of bird
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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, whence the species name maltha.[1]
| Ciconia maltha Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Late Pleistocene | |
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| Skeleton on display in the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Ciconiiformes |
| Family: | Ciconiidae |
| Genus: | Ciconia |
| Species: | †C. maltha |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ciconia maltha Miller, 1910 | |
It is a relatively large species of Ciconia, with a height of over 5 feet (1.5 meters) and a wingspan up to 10 feet (3.0 meters) across.[2]
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