Biology:Pelecanimorphae

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Short description: Clade of birds

Pelecanimorphae
Temporal range: Eocene–recent, 50–0 Ma
Lake Nakuru - White Pelicans & Marabou Storks.jpg
White pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) and marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in Lake Nakuru National Park.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Feraequornithes
Superorder: Pelecanimorphae
Livezey & Zusi, 2007[1]
Clades

Pelecanimorphae is a clade of aequornithean birds that comprises the orders Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes.[3][4] In the past the name has been used as a homonym for Pelecaniformes.

Pelecanimorphae
Ciconiiformes

Ciconiidae (storks)

Pelecanes
Suliformes

Fregatidae (frigatebirds)

Sulidae (boobies and gannets)

Anhingidae (darters)

Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)

Pelecaniformes
Ardei

Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills)

Ardeidae (herons)

Pelecani

Scopidae (Hamerkop)

Balaenicipitidae (Shoebill)

Pelecanidae (Pelicans)

References

  1. Livezey, Bradley C.; Zusi, Richard L. (2007). "Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 (1): 1–95. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00293.x. PMID 18784798. 
  2. Sangster, G.; Braun, E.L.; Johansson, U.S.; Kimball, R.T.; Mayr, G.; Suh, A. (2022). "Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds". Avian Research 13: 100027. doi:10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100027. Bibcode2022AvRes..1300027S. 
  3. Jarvis, E.D. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science 346 (6215): 1320–1331. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMID 25504713. Bibcode2014Sci...346.1320J. 
  4. Prum, Richard O.; Berv, Jacob S.; Dornburg, Alex; Field, Daniel J.; Townsend, Jeffrey P.; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Lemmon, Alan R. (2015). "A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing". Nature 526 (7574): 569–573. doi:10.1038/nature15697. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 26444237. Bibcode2015Natur.526..569P. 

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