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Shoebills

Balaenicipitidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Balaenicipitidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Balaenicipitidae
Family recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia LT, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia NN, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, Biopix Nature Photos, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, GGBN data coverage, wikipedia BR, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Balaenicipitidae
Recognized by Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Kenya Species List, Rwanda Species List, South Sudan Species List, Sudan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Furui 2020, and United States Species List
Balaenicipitidae Bonaparte 1853
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Balaenicipitidae
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records UK, IUCN, CITES, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Anderson and Wiens 2017, xeno canto America, and Global Biotic Interactions
Paludavis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paludiavis Harrison & Walker 1982
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

shoebills preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Finnish

Kenkänokat preferred
Recognized by admin

Japanese

ハシビロコウ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Curated hierarchies for Balaenicipitidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
waterbirds
Pelecaniformes
Balaenicipitidae (this page)
Balaeniceps Gould 1850
Goliathia Lambrecht 1930
Ardeidae
Liptornis Ameghino 1894
Pelecanidae
Protoplotidae
Scopidae
Threskiornithidae
Torotigidae
Torotix Brodkorb 1963

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Balaenicipitidae Bonaparte 1853 (this page)
Balaeniceps Gould 1850
Ardeidae Leach 1820
Pelecanidae Rafinesque 1815
Scopidae Bonaparte 1849
Threskiornithidae Poche 1904

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Balaenicipitidae (this page)
Balaeniceps Gould 1850
Goliathia Lambrecht 1930
Ardeidae
Liptornis Ameghino 1894
Pelecanidae
Protoplotidae
Scopidae
Threskiornithidae
Torotigidae
Torotix Brodkorb 1963

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Paraves
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
waterbirds
Pelecaniformes
Balaenicipitidae (this page)
Balaeniceps Gould 1850
Ardeidae
Pelecanidae
Protoplotidae
Scopidae
Threskiornithidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Balaenicipitidae (this page)
Balaeniceps Gould 1850
Goliathia Lambrecht 1930
Ardeidae
Liptornis Ameghino 1894
Pelecanidae
Protoplotidae
Scopidae
Threskiornithidae
Torotigidae
Torotix Brodkorb 1963

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Balaenicipitidae (this page)
Balaeniceps Gould 1850
Goliathia
Ardeidae
Cyphornithidae
Pelecanidae
Scopidae
Threskiornithidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Balaenicipitidae Bonaparte 1853 (this page)
Balaeniceps Gould 1850
Ardeidae Leach 1820
Pelecanidae Rafinesque 1815
Scopidae Bonaparte 1849
Threskiornithidae Poche 1904

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Pelecaniformes
Balaenicipitidae (this page)
Balaeniceps rex Gould 1850
Ardeidae
Pelecanidae
Scopidae
Threskiornithidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Coelurosauria
Aves
Neognathae
Ciconiiformes
Balaenicipitidae (this page)
Balaeniceps
Ciconiidae
Pteroclidae
Scopidae
Thinocoridae
unclassified Ciconiiformes

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Aves
Neognathae
Neoaves
Aequorlitornithes
Ardeae
Aequornithes
Pelecaniformes
Balaenicipitidae (this page)
Balaeniceps
Goliathia
Ardei
Ardeidae
Pelecani
Pelecanidae
Scopidae
Threskiornithidae
Torotigidae
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