Pelecaniformes

Translingual

Ardea alba

Etymology

Pelecanus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Pelecaniformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – pelicans, gannets, boobies, cormorants, frigatebirds, darters and tropicbirds.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Pelecanidae (pelicans), Sulidae (gannets and boobies), Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant)s, Fregatidae (frigatebirds), Anhingidae (darters), Phaethontidae (tropicbirds), Balaenicipitidae (shoebill), Scopidae (hamerkop), Eurypygidae (sunbittern), Rhynochetidae (kagu) - families

Further reading

Pelecaniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pelecaniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Pelecaniformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Pelecaniformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
Pelecaniformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Pelecaniformes at Encyclopedia of Life
Pelecaniformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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