Pelecaniformes

Pelecanus onocrotalus (type species of Pelecaniformes)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelecaniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Classis: Aves Informal group: Saurornithes Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithurae Subclassis: Carinatae Infraclassis: Neornithes Parvclassis: Neognathae Ordo: Pelecaniformes

Familia: Ardeidae – Balaenicipitidae – Pelecanidae – Scopidae – Threskiornithidae
Familia extincta: †Plotopteridae

Formerly included, now transferred to Suliformes: Anhingidae - Fregatidae - Phalacrocoracidae - Sulidae

Formerly included, now transferred to Phaethontiformes: Phaethontidae – †Prophaethontidae

Name

Pelecaniformes Sharpe, 1891

References

• Sharpe, R. B. (1891). A review of recent attempts to classify birds. Second International Ornithological Congress, Budapest: 76.
• Hackett, S. J. et al. (2008). A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History. Science 320: 1763–1768.
• Jarvis, D. E. et mult. al. (2014). Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science 346: 1320–1331.

Vernacular names

العربية: بجعيات
azərbaycanca: Qutankimilər
беларуская: Пеліканападобныя
català: Pelicaniforme
čeština: Veslonozí
српски / srpski: Весларице
dansk: Årefodede
Deutsch: Ruderfüßer
Esperanto: Pelikanoformaj
galego: Pelicanos
한국어: 사다새목
hrvatski: Pelikanke
íslenska: Pelíkanfuglar
עברית: שקנאים
ქართული: ნიჩაბფეხიანები
latviešu: Pelikānveidīgie
lietuvių: Irklakojiniai paukščiai
magyar: Gödényalakúak
македонски: Пеликановидни
Nederlands: Roeipotigen
日本語: ペリカン目
Nordfriisk: Peelekaanfögler
norsk: Pelikanfugler
norsk nynorsk: Pelikanfuglar
polski: Pelikanowe
русский: Пеликанообразные
slovenčina: Pelikánotvaré
slovenščina: Veslonožci
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Pelikanke / Пеликанке
suomi: Pelikaanilinnut
svenska: Pelikanfåglar
ไทย: อันดับนกกระทุง
Tiếng Việt: Bộ Bồ nông
Türkçe: Pelikanlar
українська: Пеліканоподібні
Zeêuws: Pelekaonachtegen
中文: 鹈形目

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