ciconiiformes

They are the only family in the order Ciconiiformes, which was once much larger and held a number of families.

The hamerkop is usually included in the Ciconiiformes, but might be closer to the Pelecaniformes.

Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene.

The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the order Ciconiiformes.

Sanshuiornis shows resemblances to some Ciconiiformes birds.

It is the largest flying land bird in the Western Hemisphere and the heaviest member of the order Ciconiiformes.

'Ciconiiformes' (American taxonomists often include all the Bird of preys in this order.)

Balaenicipitidae is a family of birds in the Pelecaniformes order, although it was traditionally placed in Ciconiiformes.

Sandgrouse moved to Ciconiiformes.

Ciconiiformes (continued)

Traditionally, the long-legged Ciconiiformes, probably a paraphyletic assemblage, have been considered the flamingos' closest relatives and the family was included in the order.

Although it has a somewhat stork-like overall form and has previously been classified in the order Ciconiiformes, its true affiliations with other living birds is ambiguous.

In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, the tubenoses were included in a greatly enlarged order "Ciconiiformes".

In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, waders and many other groups are subsumed into a greatly enlarged Ciconiiformes order.

Ciconiiformes (storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills and others)

Ciconiiformes (herons, ibis)

The cormorants are a group traditionally placed within the Pelecaniformes or, in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, the expanded Ciconiiformes.

Water birds from the order Ciconiiformes, including herons and cormorants, provide the natural reservoir for MVEV.

Birds of the two genera have 15 cervical vertebrae, unlike almost all other Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes, which have 17.

The order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others.

Traditionally classified with the storks in the Ciconiiformes, the Ardeidae are closer relatives of pelicans and belong in the Pelecaniformes instead.

A catalogue of the Passeriformes, Coraciiformes and the Order Psittacii of the Sub-class Ciconiiformes.

On the other hand, it is peculiar that numerous fossils of Ciconiiformes are documented from there; these birds presumably shared much of their habitat with cranes back then already.

Aequornithes includes the clades Gaviiformes, Sphenisciformes, Procellariiformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes.

In the past they were considered to be a sister group to the storks of the order Ciconiiformes based on DNA-DNA hybridization and morphology.