The PEDIGREE of
Order Ciconiiformes (Storks)

     (this order now contains a single family, but formerly included most families of Pelecaniiformes except pelicans themselves)
 "Child(ren)":       Family Ciconiidae (True Storks)
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/-- Class Aves (Modern Beaked Birds)   +====> [ 102]
/-- Clade Pygostylia
/-- Clade Ornithothoraces
/-- Clade Euornithes (Advanced Flying Birds)
/-- Clade Ornithuromorpha
/-- Clade Ornithurae
/-- Clade Carinatae
/-- Subclass Neornithes
/-- Infraclass Neognathae
/-- Legion Neoaves
/-- Sublegion Coronaves
/-- Cohort Pelecanae
/-- Subcohort Natores
/-- Superorder Pelecanimorphae (Water Birds)
/-- Clade of Storks, Pelicans, etc.
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- Order Ciconiiformes (Storks)
 
 
  ``1-Great Grandchild:''       Marabou Stork
 

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