The Wood Stork is a large wetland bird with a white body and black flight feathers. It snaps up fish when they touch its bill underwater.
Adults have a white body and black flight feathers, a bare head, and a long bill.
It places its bill in shallow water and quickly captures fish or other prey it touches. During breeding, it may nest in colonies in trees over water.
In North America both sexes gather sticks and build a bulky nest lined with greenery. A clutch contains one to five eggs, and the nestling period is 50–55 days.
It forages in groups, sometimes following other birds in a line. In flight it stretches out its neck and legs and soars on thermals.
Juveniles have a pale bill and greyish neck feathers. The bill darkens and the neck feathers are gradually lost as they grow older.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.