Bazsites.com Ciconiiformes

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The Ciconiiformes - Offers an introduction to bitterns, ibises, herons, spoonbills, and storks. Includes differences in habitat, feeding habits, and how wading birds are threatened.
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) - Information on this species, its habitat and nesting activities.
Storks - Site dedicated to White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) in Poland. Photos, maps, conservation programs, nest webcam, and fact sheet.
Family Ciconiidae (Storks) - Numerous photos of each of five members of the stork family that are found in Africa.
Kotuku, The White Heron (Egretta alba modesta) - World range, habits, diet, molting, and nesting of this species.
Egretta caerulea (Little Blue Heron) - Offers photos of this bird and describes its physical traits, food habits, and behavior.
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) - Provides an image, range maps, and facts about this bird's habitat and physical characteristics.
Slaty Egret (Egretta vinaceigula) - Features a photo of this bird along with facts on its habitat, food, and distribution.
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) - Facts about this bird's physical traits, habitat, nesting, and diet. Includes photos.
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) - Images plus data on this bird's physical description, nest location, nest materials, and eggs.

Ciconiiformes - Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene.
Andean Condor - The Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus, is a vulture-like species of bird. It is in many regards the largest flying land bird in the Western Hemisphere and is the heaviest (but not the longest) member of its order Ciconiiformes if it indeed belongs there.