Superfamily Ciconioidea (bird)
Alternative spelling: Ciconiides
Parent taxon: Ciconiae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Lambrecht 1933
Sister taxa: Pelagodornithoidea, Threskiornithoidea
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ciconioidea in the database