The Sibley–Ahlquist taxonomy is a bird taxonomy proposed by Charles Sibley and Jon E. Ahlquist. It is based on DNA–DNA hybridization studies conducted...

as the inclusion of diverse groups into the Ciconiiformes have turned out to be very much in error. Sibley became estranged from his American co-workers...

revisions of taxonomic rank have not been accepted (see for example Ciconiiformes). The all-inclusive Sturnidae grouping conveys little information about...

Order Ciconiiformes Order Passeriformes Notable orders traditionally considered "near passerines" but not placed in the Passerae of the Sibley-Ahlquist...

Charadriiformes. In the past all of these families were classified in the order Ciconiiformes based on overall similarity in anatomy and ecology, as well as some...

Traditionally the ardeids and threskiornithids were classified in the order Ciconiiformes along with Ciconiidae (storks), Phoenicopteridae (flamingos), Scopidae...

Galloanserae) have been vindicated, while others (e.g. the all-inclusive "Ciconiiformes" or the "Corvida") have been rejected. However, with computers growing...

storks (Ciconiiformes), it was retained there in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy which lumped a massive number of unrelated taxa into their "Ciconiiformes". Based...

within a greatly expanded order Ciconiiformes, a radical move which by now has been all but rejected: their "Ciconiiformes" merely assembled all early advanced...

much debate. The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy places seabirds, birds of prey, and many others in a greatly enlarged order, the Ciconiiformes, whereas the ornithological...

(2 lb 3 oz). In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, waders and many other groups are subsumed into a greatly enlarged order Ciconiiformes. However, the classification...

behavioral data. Thus some authorities placed them in the Ciconiiformes family with storks and herons; Sibley and Monroe (1990) even considered them a subfamily...

made where appropriate, and all numbers are approximate. In particular see Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy for a very different classification. Cladogram of modern...

American Classification Committee has removed the New World vultures from Ciconiiformes and instead placed them in Incertae sedis, but notes that a move to...

"Typical Owls", in Elphick, Chris; Dunning, John B. Jr.; Sibley, David (eds.), The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behaviour, London: Christopher Helm,...

with Phoenicopterus as the type genus. Traditionally, the long-legged Ciconiiformes, probably a paraphyletic assemblage, have been considered the flamingos'...

Falconiformes. The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy has placed it together with the other diurnal raptors in a greatly enlarged Ciconiiformes, but this results...

(2002) Restoration Ecology; Restoration Ecology 10(2), 362–367 Sibley, D. A. 2003. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of North America. Chanticleer Press, New...

recognised by the IOC. The classification of birds is a contentious issue. Sibley and Ahlquist's Phylogeny and Classification of Birds (1990) is a landmark...

Brea" (PDF). The Condor. 50 (2): 57–63. doi:10.2307/1363979. JSTOR 1363979. Sibley, C. (1939). "Fossil Fringillids from Rancho La Brea". The Condor. 41 (3):...

require more research. Also, as the pelicans are at least as close to the Ciconiiformes as to cormorants, the latter group is being recognized as Phalacrocoraciiformes...

RLTS.T22708550A132073744.en. Retrieved November 11, 2021. Sibley, David Allen (2000). The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York: Knopf. p. 401. ISBN 0-679-45122-6...

species of bird recorded. This list is based on the 1996 classification by Sibley and Monroe (though there has been a recent (2008) extensive revision of...

Accipitridae. The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy has placed it together with the other diurnal raptors in a greatly enlarged Ciconiiformes, but this results...

American Classification Committee has removed the New World vultures from Ciconiiformes and instead placed them in Incertae sedis, but notes that a move to...

behavioral data. Thus some authorities placed them in the Ciconiiformes with storks and herons; Sibley and Monroe (1990) even considered them a subfamily of...

they were considered to be a sister group to the storks of the order Ciconiiformes based on DNA–DNA hybridization and morphology. However, a 2021 analysis...

placed within the Pelecaniformes or, in the Sibley–Ahlquist taxonomy of the 1990s, the expanded Ciconiiformes. Pelecaniformes in the traditional sense—all...

American Classification Committee has removed the New World vultures from Ciconiiformes and instead placed them in Incertae sedis, but notes that a move to...

It differs from the widely used Clements taxonomy as well as from the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, combining those elements from each that more modern research...