Wood stork
Mycteria americana · U.S.A. (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC) · ECOS entity 124
In plain words
Federal ESA status Recovery
The Wood stork has the federal status "Recovery". This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. The latest step was a final delisting rule, published on February 10, 2026. No upcoming date is on the record.
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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.
| Step | Statutory date | Workplan or court-ordered date | Published (Federal Register) |
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| 90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review. |
Statutory date August 26, 2009 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet.
16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable".
16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
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Not in the workplan | Not published as of October 24, 2026 |
| Final delisting rule | None set | Not in the workplan |
Final delisting rule published in the Federal Register on February 10, 2026.
FR 2026-02588
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Petitions
- “███████████ (Mycteria americana); Reclassify from Endangered to Threatened”: petition date (closed). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Identifiers and sources
- This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/124- ECOS
- Species profile 8477
- Federal Register
- 2026-02588 (February 10, 2026)
- Regulations.gov