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Ciconia nigra (black stork)

Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Taxonomy
Ardea nigra was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ciconia nigra by Pavia and Bedetti (2003), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ardea nigra Linnaeus p. 142
2003Ciconia nigra Pavia and Bedetti p. 164 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4
2017Ciconia nigra Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderCiconiiformesBonaparte 1854
familyCiconiidaeSundevall 1836
genusCiconiaBrisson 1760
speciesnigra()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ciconia nigra Linnaeus 1758 [black stork]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available