Family Ciconiidae Sundevall 1836 (stork)

Aves - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Parent taxon: Ciconiiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Bickart 1990, Carroll 1988, Cheneval 1984, Cheneval 1984, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Hay 1930, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Louchart et al. 2008, Mayr 2011, Mayr 2022, Meijer and Awe Due 2010, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Rasmussen et al. 1987, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxa: Ardeoidae, Ciconiae, Ciconiopsis, Eocathartes, Ibididoidae, Lophiornis, Phoenicopteri, Phoenicopteroidea, Plataleoidae, Sanshuiornis, Scopi, Scopidae, Xenerodiopidae

Subtaxa: Anastomus Ciconia Ciconiinae Cygnus bilinicus Ephippiorhynchus Grallavis Leptoptilini Leptoptilos Mycteria Palaeoephippiorhynchus Pelargodes Pelargopsis Propelargus Pseudotantalus Xenorhynchus

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Type: Ciconia

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), France (2), Indonesia (7), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (3), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (23: California, Florida, Idaho, South Carolina, Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Chad (1), Kenya (2), South Africa (2), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Chad (4), Egypt (1), France (1), Greece (1), Kenya (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Tunisia (1), United States (6: California, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Texas)

• Oligocene of Egypt (2)

Total: 76 collections including 93 occurrences

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