Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [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 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