Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Modern Avian Groups   Ciconiiformes - storks

<==o Ciconiiformes (storks; kattohaikarat)
   |?- †Xenerodiops mycter Rasmussen et al., 1987 [Xenerodiopidae]
   |?-o Scopus [Scopidae] (varjohaikarat; hammercops)
   |  |-- †S. xenopus
   |  `-- S. umbretta (varjohaikara; hammercop)
   |?- Ardeiidae (haikarat; herons) [possibly gruiforms]
   |?- Plataleidae [Threskiornithidae] (iibikset; ibises) [possibly charadriforms]
   `--+-- Vulturides (kondorinsukuiset; condor-like ciconiiforms)
      `-- "Ciconida" (kattohaikaransukuiset; stork-like ciconiiforms)

Reference(s):

Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196

Feduccia, A., 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven, 1996, x-420

Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, pp. 1-440
      Translated from: Perrins, C. o. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990

Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985.

Rasmussen, D. T., Olson, S. L. & Simons, E. L., 1987: Fossil birds from the Oligocene Jebel Quatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 62, pp. iv-20

Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.