Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
             Suborder Ciconii see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
               Infraorder Ciconiides see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
                 Parvorder Ciconiida see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
                   Superfamily Ciconioidea Sundevall, 1836
                     Family Ciconiidae Sundevall, 1836 - storks
                       Subfamily Ciconiinae Gray see Family Ciconiidae Sundevall, 1836
                         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 stormi (Blasius, 1896) - Storm's stork
                           5 Ciconia maguari (Gmelin, 1789) - Maguari stork
                           6 Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) - European white stork
                           7 Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe, 1873 - Oriental white stork