Ciconiidae

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Ciconiidae - storks

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Ciconiiformes, order 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

stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage

Ciconia, genus Ciconia - type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks

genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus - adjutant birds and marabous

Anastomus, genus Anastomus - openbills

genus Jabiru - jabirus

Ephippiorhynchus, genus Ephippiorhynchus - saddlebills

genus Xenorhyncus, Xenorhyncus - East Indian and Australian storks

genus Mycteria, Mycteria - a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis

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The Ciconiidae is formed by 19 species currently distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions around the world.

Phylogeny of the species of Ciconia (Aves, Ciconiidae) based on cranial osteological characteristics

Familia/especies Alimento Habitat de en riesgo reproduccion Anatidae: Cairina Plantas acuaticas, Pastos, raices, moschata, Nomonix insectos, peces, vegetacion dominicus, Anas plancton, variada discors crustaceos, frutos, Artropodos, algas Phoenicopteridae: Crustaceos, materia Bajos de Phoenicopterus organica lodo y arena ruber Ciconiidae: Jabiru Peces, anfibios, Arboles y arbustos mycteria y crustaceos, Mycteria americana reptiles, aves, Arboles y arbustos insectos *Phalacrocoracidae: Peces Phalacrocorax auritus, P.

Implementation of the Ramsar strategic plan in coastal wetlands of the Peninsula de Yucatan: regulations and normativity/Implementacion del plan estrategico Ramsar en humedales costeros de la Peninsula de Yucatan: normativas y regulacion

How much can the number of jabiru stork (Ciconiidae) nests vary due to change of flood extension in a large neotropical floodplain?

Serology for brucellosis in free-ranging crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) and brown-nosed coatis (Nasua nasua) from Brazilian Pantanal/ Sorologia para brucelose em lobinhos (Cerdocyon thous) e coatis (Nasua nasua) de vida livre do Pantanal Brasileiro

The Lesser Adjutant Stork, Leptoptilos javanicus, is a large wading bird of the stork ciconiidae family.

Onlookers amazed with sighting of rare bird in Bengal

Waterbirds included 27 shorebird species from five families, twelve herons (Ardeidae), six rails and crakes (Rallidae), four terns (Sternidae), three ducks (Anatidae) and two storks (Ciconiidae).

Waterbird Population Dynamics in the Middle Mahakam Wetlands of East Kalimantan over 23 years

Ciconiidae Anastomus African openbill lamelligerus stork Ciconia nigra Black stork Leptoptilos Marabou stork crumeniferus Anastomus Open-bill stork lamelligerus 9.

Species diversity and richness of wild birds in Dagona-Waterfowl Sanctuary, Nigeria

chihi (White- 1 M faced Ibis) CICONIIDAE ([dagger]) Ciconiidae sp.

A late Pleistocene bird community at the northern edge of the tropics in Sonora, Mexico

> diploid.number<-scan() # creates a database to store the diploid numbers # # the number preceding the colon demotes the numerical level of the next entry # 1: 76 80 80 76 76 80 80 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 86 78 76 78 74 78 76 76 78 68 # Columbidiae # 25: 86 78 74 76 76 76 76 80 80 # Troglodytidae # 34: 78 52 68 52 68 60 60 68 72 56 # Ciconiidae # 44: 78 92 80 82 82 80 # Anatidae # 50: 54 48 48 52 52 86 # Falconidiae # 56: 92 92 84 108 108 94 88 92 90 92 # Picidae # 66: Read 65 items # data is entered in separate strings for each taxa (in this case "family") # > family<-factor(rep(LETTERS[1:6],c(24,9,10,6,6,10))) # creates a sequence of letters A-F designating families such that there are 24 "A"s, 9 "B"s, etc.

Karyotype diversity among and within avian taxa: a simple test in R

The black stork (Ciconia nigra)is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae