Ciconiinae (Subfamily)

Overview

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A Sub-family in the Kingdom Animalia.

Taxonomy

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The Subfamily Ciconiinae is a member of the Family Ciconiidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Ciconiinae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
        Class: Sauropsida Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Avialae Gauthier, 1986
        Infraclass: Aves (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
        Cohort: Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
        Superorder: Ciconiimorphae Garrod, 1874
        Order: Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854 - Albatrosses, Alcids
        Suborder: Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
        Infraorder: Ciconiides
        Parvorder: Ciconiida
        Superfamily: Ciconioidea Sundevall, 1836
        Family: Ciconiidae Sundevall, 1836 - American Vultures
        Subfamily: Ciconiinae

The Subfamily Ciconiinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Tribe (2): Melieae · Phoradendreae
Genus (4): Anastomus · Ephippiorhynchus · Jabiru · Mycteria
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Ciconiinae.

Genera

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Anastomus

The openbill storks or openbills are two species of stork (family Ciconiidae) in the genus Anastomus. They are large wading birds characterized by large bills, the mandibles of which do not meet except at the tip. This feature develops only in the adults. The two species of openbill storks are: [more]

Ephippiorhynchus

Ephippiorhynchus is a small genus of storks. It contains two living species only, very large birds more than 140 cm tall with a 230?270 cm wingspan. Both are mainly black and white, with huge colorful, mainly red and black bills. The sexes of these species are similarly plumaged, but differ in eye color. The members of this genus are sometimes called "jabirus", but this properly refers to a close relative from Latin America. [more]

Jabiru

The Jabiru ( or /'d??b?ru?/; Latin: Jabiru mycteria) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru. The name comes from a Tupi?Guaran? language and means "swollen neck". [more]

Mycteria

Mycteria is a genus of large tropical storks with representatives in the Americas, east Africa and southern and southeastern Asia. Two species have "ibis" in their scientific or old common names, but they are not related to these birds and simply look more similar to an ibis than do other storks. [more]

At least 8 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Mycteria.

More info about the Genus Mycteria may be found here.

Sources

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