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{{Short description|Extinct species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = Early Pliocene - [[Earth:Late Pleistocene|Late Pleistocene]]
| image = Ciconia maltha Page.jpg
| image_caption = Skeleton on display in the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
| extinct = yes
| genus = Ciconia
| species = maltha
| authority = Miller, 1910
}}

'''''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 ({{wipe|California}}, Oregon, Idaho and Florida), Cuba and Bolivia. It has been found in the La Brea Tar Pits.<ref name="Feduccia"/>

It is a relatively large species of ''[[Biology:Ciconia|Ciconia]]'', with a height of over {{convert|5|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} and a wingspan up to {{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} across.<ref name="FMNH"/>

==References==
{{reflist |refs =
<ref name="Feduccia">{{cite journal|url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v079n03/p0316-p0318.pdf|jstor=4159621|title=''Ciconia maltha'' and ''Grus americana'' from the Upper Pliocene of Idaho|last=Feduccia |first=J. Alan |journal=The Wilson Bulletin|volume=79|issue=3|year=1967|pages=316–318}}
</ref>

<ref name="FMNH">{{cite web |url=https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/ciconia-maltha |title=Florida Vertebrate Fossils: ''Ciconia maltha'' |publisher=Florida Museum of Natural History |first1=Richard C. |last1=Hulbert Jr. |first2=Natali |last2=Valdes |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Ciconia|maltha]]
[[Category:Pleistocene extinctions]]



{{Sourceattribution|Ciconia maltha}}