Ciconiiformes
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| Stork | |
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| Pentit stork | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Aves |
| Clade: | Aequornithes |
| Order: | Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854[1] |
| Faimily: | Ciconiidae J. E. Gray, 1840[1] |
| Genera | |
Tradeetionally, the order Ciconiiformes haes includit a variety o muckle, lang-legged wadin birds wi muckle bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spuinbills, an several ithers. At present the anly faimily retained in the order is the storks, Ciconiidae.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b Brands, Sheila (14 August 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Class Aves". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 11 Juin 2012.