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Ciconia  Brisson, 1760
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174905

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Euxenura Ridgway, 1878
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderCiconiiformes  – Storks, cigognes  
                            FamilyCiconiidae Sundevall, 1836 – Storks  
                               GenusCiconia Brisson, 1760  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Ciconia abdimii M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823 – Cigogne d'Abdim, cegonha-de-abdim, Cigüeña de Abdim, Abdim's Stork 
                                  Species Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe, 1873 – Oriental Stork, Cigogne orientale, cegonha-oriental, Cigüeña oriental 
                                  Species Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) – Cigogne blanche, cegonha-branca, Cigüeña blanca, White Stork 
                                  Species Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783) – Asian Woolly-necked Stork, Cigogne épiscopale, cegonha-lanuda, Cigüeña lanuda asiática 
                                  Species Ciconia maguari (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) – Maguari Stork, Cigogne maguari, cegonha-maguari, Cigüeña maguari 
                                  Species Ciconia microscelis G. R. Gray, 1848 – African Woolly-necked Stork, Cigogne à pattes noires, cegonha-episcopal, Cigüeña lanuda africana 
                                  Species Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) – Cigogne noire, cegonha-preta, Cigüeña negra, Black Stork 
                                  Species Ciconia stormi (W. Blasius, 1896) – Storm's Stork, Cigogne de Storm, cegonha-de-faces-amarelas, Cigüeña de Storm 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Ciconia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025].   
  Reference for: Ciconia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ciconia   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.04, website (version 04-Feb-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Ciconia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques  
  Publication Date: 1760   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ornithologie ou Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés, vol. 5   
  Page(s): 1-544   
  Publisher: Cl. Jean-Baptiste Bauche, Libraire   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36294287   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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