Superfamily Ciconioidea
Alternative spellings: Ciconiides, Ciconioidae
Parent taxon: Ciconiae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Pelagodornithoidea, Threskiornithoidea
Subtaxa: none
Type: Ciconia
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ciconioidea in the database