Ciconiiform: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Ciconiiformes

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Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis).

A marabou stork stands on grassy ground with distant green hills and blue sky in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias).

A lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) with pink and black feathers stands in shallow water at Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)

Variations in beak structure among ciconiiform birds.

Common egret (Egretta alba)

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Balaenicipitidae Scopidae Balaeniceps Ardeidae Threskiornithidae Stork typical heron night heron tiger heron wood stork passeriform Charadriiform Anseriform falconiform pelecaniform piciform Coraciiform Columbiform gruiform procellariiform

turkey vulture. vulture. Close-up of a head and beak of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

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