- any of several storks of the subfamily Mycteriinae, especially Mycteria americana, of the warm parts of America, and Ibis ibis, of Africa, having chiefly white plumage and a featherless head and resembling the true ibises in having curved bills: M. Americana is endangered.
- any of several storks having a downward-curved bill, esp Mycteria americana of America and Ibis ibis of Africa
