Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
           Family Ciconiidae Sundevall, 1836 - storks
             Genus Ciconia Brisson, 1760
               1 Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) - black stork
               2 Ciconia abdimii Lichtenstein, 1823 - Abdim's stork
               3 Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783) - woolly-necked stork
               4 Ciconia stormii see Ciconia stormi (Blasius, 1896)
               5 Ciconia maguari (Gmelin, 1789) - Maguari stork
               6 Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) - European white stork
               7 Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe, 1873 - Oriental white stork