Storks
Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family called Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes. Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons and ibises, but those families have been moved to other orders.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 20 known species
Ciconia Storks
genusCiconia
Mycteria Storks
genusMycteria
Openbills
genusAnastomus
Adjutants and Marabou
genusLeptoptilos
Black-necked and Saddle-billed Storks
genusEphippiorhynchus
American Jabirus
genusJabiru
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4730.