Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Ciconiiformes

Current position

Ciconioidea (Superfamily) Sundevall, 1836

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 91.

Alternative positions

Ciconiae (Suborder) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.

Historical positions

Ciconioidea (Superfamily) Sundevall, 1836	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 91.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: [22], 81; 17.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: 1995
Ciconioidea (Superfamily) Sundevall, 1836	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 133.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 368.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 974.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 576.
Ciconiae (Suborder) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 286.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6g;19s;9ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 6 May 2015	[6g;19s;9ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: [22], 81	6g;19s;[9ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	11g;26s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[5g;19s]
1982	W.J. Bock	6g;17s
1963	P. Brodkorb	[; †9g]