Pelecaniformes

Translingual

Ardea alba

Etymology

Pelecanus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Pelecaniformes

1. 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248