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belong to the
family Ciconiidae, and make up the
order Ciconiiformes /sɪˈkoʊni.ɪfɔːrmiːz/.
Ciconiiformes previously included a
number of
other families, such...
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Pelecanimorphae is a
clade of
aequornithean birds that
comprises the
orders Ciconiiformes,
Suliformes and Pelecaniformes. In the past the name has been used as...
- form and has
previously been
classified with the
storks in the
order Ciconiiformes based on this morphology. However,
genetic evidence places it with pelicans...
- in the
order Pelecaniformes,
although it was
traditionally placed in
Ciconiiformes. The
shoebill is the sole
extant species and its
closest relative is...
- This is a list of
Ciconiiformes species by
global po****tion.
While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the
experts in
their fields. For more...
- Charadriiformes. In the past all of
these families were
classified in the
order Ciconiiformes based on
overall similarity in
anatomy and ecology, as well as some...
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largest flying birds in the
fossil record may have been
members of the
Ciconiiformes. The
heaviest flying bird ever,
Argentavis magnificens, is part of a...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 5
species Critically endangered (CR): 223
species Endangered (EN): 460
species Vulnerable (VU): 798
species Near threatened...
- A list of
prehistoric and
extinct species whose fossils have been
found in the La Brea Tar Pits,
located in present-day Han**** Park, a city park on the...
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indicated that they are most
closely related to
Otidiformes (bustards) and
Ciconiiformes (storks). Of the
families in Pelecaniformes, only Pelecanidae, Balaenicipitidae...
