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Order: Ciconiiformes
1 family, 20 species
Family #065
Storks (Ciconiidae)
- Species: 20
- Distribution: global
- IOC family #064, HBW family #046, H&M family #045
- wf253 status: 99% members ticked
- OH: 17 seen, 15 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
| Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | .. |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | .. |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | .. |
| Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii | . |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | .. |
| Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| Storm’s Stork | Ciconia stormi | . |
| Maguari Stork | Ciconia maguari | .. |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | .. |
| Oriental Stork | Ciconia boyciana | |
| Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | .. |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | .. |
| Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | .. |
| Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | .. |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | .. |
| Greater Adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | .. |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | .. |
| Milky Stork | Mycteria cinerea | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | .. |
| Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | .. |
Greater Adjutant, India 2018
Lesser Adjutant, Borneo 2023
1 Yellow-billed Stork, Israel; 2 Marabou Stork, Tanzania; 3 Jabiru, Brazil; 4 Maguari Stork, Argentina; 5 Painted Stork, India; 6 Greater Adjutant, India; 7 White Stork, Poland; 8 Wood Stork, Brazil; 9 Asian Openbill, Thailand; 10 African Openbill, Uganda; 11 Black-necked Stork, Australia; 12 Woolly-necked Stork, Uganda; 13 Saddle-billed Stork, Tanzania; 14 Black Stork, Israel
Order: Suliformes
4 families, 60 species
Family #066
Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
- Species: 5
- Distribution: global
- IOC family #065, HBW family #052, H&M family #051
- wf253 status: 90% members ticked
- OH: 2 seen, 2 photographed, first seen in Mexico, 2011
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Ascension Frigatebird | Fregata aquila | |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | .. |
| Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | .. |
1 Magnificent Frigatebird, Mexico; 2 Great Frigatebird, Australia
Family #067
Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae)
- Species: 11
- Distribution: global
- IOC family #066 (Gannets, Boobies), HBW family #053 (Gannets, Boobies), H&M family #052 (Gannets and Boobies)
- wf253 status: 95% members ticked
- OH: 6 seen, 5 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978
| Abbott’s Booby | Papasula abbotti | |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | .. |
| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | .. |
| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | .. |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | . |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | .. |
| Cocos Booby | Sula brewsteri | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Nazca Booby | Sula granti | |
| Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | |
| Peruvian Booby | Sula variegata | .. |
1 Peruvian Booby, Peru; 2 Cape Gannet, South Africa; 3 Brown Booby, Australia; 4 Australasian Gannet, Australia; 5 Northern Gannet, Ireland
Family #068
Anhingas (Anhingidae)
- Species: 4
- Distribution: global
- IOC family #068 (Anhingas, Darters), HBW family #055 (Darters), H&M family #054 (Darters)
- wf253 status: 94% members ticked
- OH: 4 seen and photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | .. |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | .. |
| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | .. |
| Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae | .. |
1 Oriental Darter, India; 2 African Darter, South Africa; 3 Australasian Darter, Australia; 4 Anhinga, USA
Family #069
Cormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Species: 40 (1 extinct)
- Distribution: global
- IOC family #067, HBW family #054 (Cormorants), H&M family #053 (Cormorants)
- wf253 status: 100% members ticked
- OH: 23 seen, 20 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | .. |
| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | .. |
| Crowned Cormorant | Microcarbo coronatus | |
| Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | .. |
| Pygmy Cormorant | Microcarbo pygmaeus | .. |
| Red-legged Cormorant | Poikilocarbo gaimardi | .. |
| Brandt’s Cormorant | Urile penicillatus | . |
| Red-faced Cormorant | Urile urile | |
| Pelagic Cormorant | Urile pelagicus | . |
| Pallas’s Cormorant | Urile perspicillatus | exinct |
| Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | .. |
| Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | .. |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | .. |
| Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
| Socotra Cormorant | Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | |
| Spotted Shag | Phalacrocorax punctatus | .. |
| Pitt Island Shag | Phalacrocorax featherstoni | |
| Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | .. |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | .. |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | .. |
| Black-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscescens | .. |
| European Shag | Gulosus aristotelis | .. |
| Flightless Cormorant | Nannopterum harrisi | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | .. |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | .. |
| Magellanic Cormorant | Leucocarbo magellanicus | .. |
| Guanay Cormorant | Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum | . |
| Bounty Islands Shag | Leucocarbo ranfurlyi | |
| New Zealand King Shag | Leucocarbo carunculatus | .. |
| Stewart Island Shag | Leucocarbo chalconotus | .. |
| Chatham Islands Shag | Leucocarbo onslowi | |
| Auckland Islands Shag | Leucocarbo colensoi | |
| Campbell Islands Shag | Leucocarbo campbelli | |
| South Georgia Shag | Leucocarbo georgianus | |
| Imperial Cormorant | Leucocarbo atriceps | .. |
| Antarctic Shag | Leucocarbo bransfieldensis | |
| Crozet Shag | Leucocarbo melanogenis | |
| Kerguelen Shag | Leucocarbo verrucosus | |
| Heard Island Shag | Leucocarbo nivalis | |
| Macquarie Shag | Leucocarbo purpurascens |
King Shag, New Zealand 2014
1 Little Black Cormorant, Australia; 2 Neotropic Cormorant, Peru; 3 Double-crested Cormorant, USA; 4 Little Pied Cormorant, Australia; 5 Cape Cormorant, South Africa; 6 European Shag, Norway; 7 Black-faced Cormorant, Australia; 8 Long-tailed Cormorant, Uganda; 9 Great Cormorant, Israel; 10 Stewart Island shag, New Zealand; 11 Rock Shag (Magellanic Cormornat), Argentina; 12 Imperial Shag, Argentina; 13 Red-legged Cormorant, Peru; 14 Bank Cormorant, South Africa; 15 Pied Cormorant, Australia; 16 Little Cormorant, India; 17 Pygmy Cormorant, Israel; 18 White-breasted Cormorant, South Africa; 19 Otago Shag, New Zealand; 20 Spotted Shag, New Zealand; 21 King Shag, New Zealand; 22 Indian Cormorant, India
Order: Pelecaniformes
5 families, 118 species
Family #070
Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
- Species: 36 (1 extinct)
- Distribution: global
- IOC family #069, HBW family #047, H&M family #050
- wf253 status: 100% members ticked
- OH: 23 seen, 22 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | .. |
| Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | .. |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | .. |
| Puna Ibis | Plegadis ridgwayi | .. |
| Madagascar Ibis | Lophotibis cristata | . |
| Sharp-tailed Ibis | Cercibis oxycerca | |
| Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | .. |
| Bare-faced Ibis | Phimosus infuscatus | .. |
| Plumbeous Ibis | Theristicus caerulescens | .. |
| Buff-necked Ibis | Theristicus caudatus | .. |
| Black-faced Ibis | Theristicus melanopis | .. |
| Andean Ibis | Theristicus branickii | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | .. |
| Malagasy Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis bernieri | |
| Reunion Ibis | Threskiornis solitarius | exinct |
| Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | .. |
| Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | .. |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | .. |
| Red-naped Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa | .. |
| White-shouldered Ibis | Pseudibis davisoni | |
| Giant Ibis | Pseudibis gigantea | |
| Northern Bald Ibis | Geronticus eremita | .. |
| Southern Bald Ibis | Geronticus calvus | |
| Crested Ibis | Nipponia nippon | |
| Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | |
| Sao Tome Ibis | Bostrychia bocagei | |
| Spot-breasted Ibis | Bostrychia rara | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | .. |
| Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata | .. |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | .. |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | .. |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | .. |
| Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes | .. |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | .. |
Northern Bald Ibisi, Israel 2021
Roseate Spoonbill, Argentina 2017
1 White Ibis, USA; 2 Glossy Ibis, Israel; 3 Wattled Ibis, Ethiopia; 4 White-faced Ibis, Mexico; 5 Puna Ibis, Peru; 6 Sacred Ibis, South Africa; 7 Australian Ibis, Australia; 8 Straw-necked Ibis, Australia; 9 Eurasian Spoonbill, Israel; 10 Plumbeous Ibis, Brazil; 11 Black-faced Ibis, Argentina; 12 Hadada Ibis, South Africa; 13 Bare-faced Ibis, Brazil; 14 Green Ibis, Brazil; 15 Red-naped Ibis, India; 16 African Spoonbill, Tanzania; 17 Royal Spoonbill, Australia; 18 Yellow-billed Spoonbill, Australia; 19 Buff-necked Ibis, Brazil; 20 Roseate Spoonbill, USA; 21 Black-headed Ibis, India
Family #071
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (Ardeidae)
- Species: 72 (5 extinct)
- Distribution: global
- IOC family #070 (Herons, Bitterns), HBW family #048 (Herons), H&M family #049 (Bitterns, Herons and Egrets)
- wf253 status: 100% members ticked
- OH: 49 seen, 41 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
| White-crested Tiger-Heron | Tigriornis leucolopha | |
| Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | .. |
| Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | .. |
| Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum | .. |
| Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | .. |
| Agami Heron | Agamia agami | .. |
| Zigzag Heron | Zebrilus undulatus | |
| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | .. |
| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | .. |
| Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | |
| Stripe-backed Bittern | Botaurus involucris | |
| Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis | . |
| Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis | .. |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus | . |
| Schrenck’s Bittern | Botaurus eurhythmus | |
| Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | .. |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | . |
| Black-backed Bittern | Botaurus dubius | |
| New Zealand Bittern | Botaurus novaezelandiae | exinct |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | .. |
| Bermuda Night Heron | Nyctanassa carcinocatactes | exinct |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | .. |
| Reunion Night Heron | Nycticorax duboisi | exinct |
| Mauritius Night Heron | Nycticorax mauritianus | exinct |
| Rodrigues Night Heron | Nycticorax megacephalus | exinct |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | .. |
| Ascension Night Heron | Nycticorax olsoni | exinct |
| Malayan Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
| Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | |
| Capped Heron | Pilherodius pileatus | .. |
| Whistling Heron | Syrigma sibilatrix | .. |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | .. |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | .. |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | .. |
| Slaty Egret | Egretta vinaceigula | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | .. |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | .. |
| Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | .. |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | .. |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | .. |
| Pied Heron | Egretta picata | .. |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | .. |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
| White-eared Night Heron | Oroanassa magnifica | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | .. |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | . |
| Forest Bittern | Zonerodius heliosylus | |
| Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | .. |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | .. |
| Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | .. |
| Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | .. |
| Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa | .. |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | .. |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | .. |
| Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica | .. |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | .. |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | . |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | . |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera | .. |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | .. |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | .. |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | .. |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | .. |
| Humblot’s Heron | Ardea humbloti | .. |
| White-bellied Heron | Ardea insignis | |
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | . |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | .. |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | .. |
Capped Heron, Ecuador
1 Little Bittern, Israel; 2 Black Bittern, Australia; 3 Fasciated Tiger-Heron, Peru; 4 Great Blue Heron, USA; 5 Gray Heron, Israel; 6 Cocoi Heron, Brazil; 7 Purple Heron, Spain; 8 Pacific Heron, Australia; 9 Goliath Heron, Tanzania; 10 Great Egret, USA; 11 Intermediate Egret, Australia; 12 Western Reef-Heron, Israel; 13 Reddish Heron, USA; 14 Black-headed Heron, South Africa; 15 Eurasian Bittern, Israel; 16 White-faced Heron, Australia; 17 Pacific Reef-Heron, Australia; 18 Little Egret, Israel; 19 Little Blue Heron, Brazil; 20 Tricolored Heron, Mexico; 21 Pied Heron, Australia; 22 Cattle Egret (Western), Israel; 23 Cattle Egret (Eastern), India; 24 Squacco Heron, Israel; 25 Dimorphic Egret, Madagascar; 26 Rufescent Tiger Heron, Brazil; 27 Chinese Pond-Heron, Thailand; 28 Malagasy Pond Heron, Madagascar; 29 Humblots Heron, Madagascar; 30 American Bittern, USA; 31 Black-crowned Night-Heron, Israel; 32 Rufous Night-Heron, Australia; 33 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, USA; 34 Whistling Heron, Brazil; 35 Javan Pond-Heron, Thailand; 36 Capped Heron, Ecuador; 37 Boat-billed Heron, Ecuador; 38 Agami Heron, Ecuador; 39 Black Heron, South Africa; 40 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Panama; 41 Striated Heron, Israel; 42 Indian Pond-Heron, India; 43 Snowy Egret, USA
Family #072
Hamerkop (Scopidae)
- Species: 1
- Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
- IOC family #071, HBW family #049, H&M family #047
- wf253 status: 82% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
Hamerkop, Uganda 2015
Family #073
Shoebill (Balaenicipitidae)
- Species: 1
- Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
- IOC family #072, HBW family #050, H&M family #048
- wf253 status: 37% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Uganda, 2015
| Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | .. |
Shoebill, Uganda 2015
Family #074
Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
- Species: 8
- Distribution: global
- IOC family #073, HBW family #051, H&M family #046
- wf253 status: 98% members ticked
- OH: 7 seen, 6 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | .. |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | .. |
| Peruvian Pelican | Pelecanus thagus | .. |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | .. |
| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | .. |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | .. |
| Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | |
| Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | . |
1 Australian Pelican, Australia; 2 Brown Pelican, USA; 3 American White Pelican, USA; 4 Peruvian Pelican, Peru; 5 Pink-backed Pelican, Israel; 6 Great White Pelican, Israel