Ciconiiformes
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Asian_Openbill_(Anastomus_oscitans)_in_Kolkata_I_IMG_0495.jpg.webp)
Etymology
Ciconia + -iformes
Proper noun
Ciconiiformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – the storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, etc.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder[1]
Hyponyms
- (order of birds): Ciconiidae (storks) - sole family sensu stricto
- Ardeidae, Cochlearidae, Balaenicipitidae, Scopidae, Threskiornithidae - additional families sensu lato
References
Ciconiiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ciconiiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ciconiiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ciconiiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
- Ciconiiformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Ciconiiformes at Encyclopedia of Life
- Ciconiiformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521