Aves - Ciconiiformes

Parent taxon: Ciconiiformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007

See also Cheneval 1984, Jaekel 1911, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Ardeoidae, Ciconiidae, Ciconiopsis, Eocathartes, Ibididoidae, Lophiornis, Phoenicopteri, Phoenicopteroidea, Plataleoidae, Sanshuiornis, Scopi, Scopidae, Xenerodiopidae

Subtaxa: Ciconioidea Pelagodornithoidea Threskiornithoidea

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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