CICONIIFORMES
(herons, spoonbills and storks)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ARDEIDAE
egrets and herons
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 		Family 2 subtaxa 32 images 1 ident. refs
THRESKIORNITHIDAE
spoonbills and glossy ibises
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Threskiornis
a genus of birds
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderCICONIIFORMES (herons, spoonbills and storks)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

CICONIIFORMES (herons, spoonbills and storks) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CICONIIFORMES (herons, spoonbills and storks)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CICONIIFORMES (herons, spoonbills and storks)
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