Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Threskiornithoidea

Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Geronticus Wagler, 1832
Platalea Linnaeus, 1758
Plegadis Kaup, 1829
Tantalus Linnaeus, 1758
Threskiornis G. R. Gray, 1842

Literature

basis of record

Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148757

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d067f8ce-9428-453b-860d-779593f79e63

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2020-06-25 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Wim Decock

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