Ciconiiformes
| Ciconiiformes | |
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| An adult Saddle-billed Stork | |
| Scienteefic clessification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Neognathae |
| Order: | Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Faimilies | |
Tradeetionally, the order Ciconiiformes haes includit a variety o lairge, lang-legged wadin birds wi lairge bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spuinbills, an several ithers. At present the anly faimily retained in the order is the storks, Ciconiidae.
