Family
Storks
Ciconiidae
20 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Ciconiiformes
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons and ibises, but those families have been moved to the order Pelecaniformes.
Species in this family
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
Lookalikes compared
- Abdim's Stork vs African Woolly-necked Stork
- Abdim's Stork vs White Stork
- African Openbill vs Abdim's Stork
- African Openbill vs African Woolly-necked Stork
- African Woolly-necked Stork vs White Stork
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork vs Lesser Adjutant
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork vs Storm's Stork
- Black Stork vs Abdim's Stork
- Black Stork vs White Stork
- Jabiru vs Wood Stork
- Lesser Adjutant vs Milky Stork
- Maguari Stork vs Oriental Stork
- Maguari Stork vs Wood Stork
- Saddle-billed Stork vs Yellow-billed Stork
- Storm's Stork vs Black-necked Stork
- White Stork vs Yellow-billed Stork