Pelecanimorphae

Pelecanimorphae is a clade of aequornithean birds that comprise of the orders Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes.[1][2] 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)

 
 
 
 
 
 

Pelecanimorphae
Temporal range: Eocene–recent,
White pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) and marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in Lake Nakuru National Park.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Feraequornithes
Superorder: Pelecanimorphae
Livezey & Zusi, 2007
Clades

References
  1. Jarvis, E.D.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science. 346 (6215): 1320–1331. Bibcode:2014Sci...346.1320J. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMC 4405904. PMID 25504713.
  2. 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. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..569P. doi:10.1038/nature15697. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 26444237. S2CID 205246158.


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