Pelecaniformes
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Translingual
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Etymology
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 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
