#order_Ciconiiformes__Ciconiiformes  order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises
  supertype:  animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  class_Aves
  member:  family_Ciconiidae__Ciconiidae  storks
     member:  stork  large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
     member:  genus_Ciconia__Ciconia  type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks
        member:  white_stork__whitestork__Ciconia_ciconia  the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill
        member:  black_stork__blackstork__Ciconia_nigra  Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below
     member:  genus_Leptoptilus__Leptoptilus  adjutant birds and marabous
        member:  adjutant_bird__adjutant__adjutant_stork__Leptoptilus_dubius  large Indian stork with a military gait
        member:  marabou_stork__maraboustork__marabou__marabout__Leptoptilus_crumeniferus  large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments
     member:  genus_Anastomus__Anastomus  openbills
        member:  openbill  stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip
     member:  genus_Jabiru  jabirus
        member:  jabiru__Jabiru_mycteria  large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America
     member:  genus_Ephippiorhynchus__Ephippiorhynchus  saddlebills
        member:  saddlebill__jabiru__Ephippiorhynchus_senegalensis  large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle
     member:  genus_Xenorhyncus__Xenorhyncus  East Indian and Australian storks
        member:  policeman_bird__policemanbird__black-necked_stork__jabiru__Xenorhyncus_asiaticus  large mostly white Australian stork
     member:  genus_Mycteria__Mycteria  a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
        member:  Mycteria_americana__wood_ibis__wood_stork  American stork resembling the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
  member:  family_Balaenicipitidae__Balaenicipitidae  shoebills
     member:  genus_Balaeniceps__Balaeniceps  type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills
        member:  shoebill__shoebird__Balaeniceps_rex  large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
  member:  family_Threskiornithidae__Threskiornithidae__family_Ibidiidae  ibises
     member:  ibis  wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
     member:  genus_Ibis  ibises
        member:  wood_ibis__wood_stork__Ibis_ibis  Old World wood ibis
     member:  genus_Threskiornis__Threskiornis  type genus of the Threskiornithidae
        member:  sacred_ibis__Threskiornis_aethiopica  African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians
  member:  family_Plataleidae__Plataleidae  spoonbills
     member:  spoonbill  wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon
     member:  genus_Platalea__Platalea  type genus of the Plataleidae
        member:  common_spoonbill__Platalea_leucorodia  pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa
        member:  genus_Ajaia__Ajaia  a genus of Platalea
           member:  roseate_spoonbill__roseatespoonbill__Ajaia_ajaja  tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill
  member:  family_Phoenicopteridae__Phoenicopteridae  flamingos
     member:  flamingo  large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
  member:  family_Ardeidae__Ardeidae  herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
     member:  heron  gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
     member:  genus_Ardea__Ardea  type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
        member:  great_blue_heron__Ardea_herodius  large American heron having bluish-gray plumage
        member:  Ardea_occidentalis__great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron  large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys
     member:  genus_Egretta__Egretta  small Old and New World herons
        member:  little_blue_heron__Egretta_caerulea  small bluish gray heron of the western hemisphere
        member:  snowy_egret__snowyegret__snowy_heron__snowyheron__Egretta_thula  small New World egret
        member:  little_egret__Egretta_garzetta  Old World egret
        member:  great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Casmerodius_albus  widely distributed Old World white egret
        member:  American_egret__great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Egretta_albus  the common American egret; a variety of the Old World Casmerodius albus
     member:  genus_Casmerodius__Casmerodius  white egrets
        member:  great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Casmerodius_albus  widely distributed Old World white egret
     member:  genus_Bubulcus__Bubulcus  small white egrets
        member:  cattle_egret__Bubulcus_ibis  small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
     member:  genus_Nycticorax__Nycticorax  Old World night herons
        member:  black-crowned_night_heron__blackcrownednightheron__Nycticorax_nycticorax  night heron of both Old and New Worlds
     member:  genus_Nyctanassa__Nyctanassa  American night herons
        member:  yellow-crowned_night_heron__Nyctanassa_violacea  North American night heron
     member:  genus_Cochlearius__Cochlearius__cochleariu  boatbills
        member:  boatbill__boat-billed_heron__broadbill__Cochlearius_cochlearius  tropical American heron related to night herons
     member:  genus_Botaurus__Botaurus  bitterns
        member:  American_bittern__stake_driver__stakedriver__Botaurus_lentiginosus  a kind of bittern
        member:  European_bittern__Botaurus_stellaris  a kind of bittern
     member:  genus_Ixobrychus__Ixobrychus  bitterns
        member:  least_bittern__leastbittern__Ixobrychus_exilis  small American bittern

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