Ciconia maltha

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: Early Pliocene - Late Pleistocene
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]