Topic summary
Ciconiiformes
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Stork.
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the familyCiconiidae, 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.