Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Ciconioidea

Ciconiidae Sundevall, 1836

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ciconia Brisson, 1760
Leptoptilos Lesson, 1831
Mycteria Linnaeus, 1758

Literature

basis of record

Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Ciconiidae Sundevall, 1836. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148750

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Ciconiidae Sundevall, 1836. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7fd95bea-f809-4e9e-a954-d2a869565f37

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148750
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:10743

Last modified

2020-06-25 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Wim Decock

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