The word comes from Brazil, and wasfirst given there to the large stork Mycteria (Xenorhynchus)Americana. The Australian species is M. australis,Lath. It has the back and neck dark grey, changing on the neckto scarlet. There is a black-necked stork in Australia( Xenorhynchus asiaticus), which is also called the Jabiru.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 194:
«We saw a Tabiroo [sic] ( Mycteria).»
1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,' p. 195:
«In October, 1858, I succeeded in purchasing a fine livingspecimen of the New Holland Jabiru, or Gigantic Crane of thecolonists ( Mycteria Australis)»
1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 323:
«The splendid Australian jabiru ( Mycteria Australis),and I had the good fortune to shoot on the wing a specimen ofthis beautiful variety of the stork family.»