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Suborder of birds

Pelecani
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Suborder: Pelecani
Families

Pelecani is a suborder of birds in the order Pelecaniformes. It consists of shoebills, hamerkops, pelicans and their extinct relatives. It is likely the sister clade to herons, though it could also be sister to Ardei

References

  1. Reddy, S.; Kimball, R.T.; Pandey, A.; et al. (2017). "Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling". Systematic Biology. 66 (5): 857–879. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syx041. PMID 28369655.
  2. Kuhl, H.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; et al. (2021). "An unbiased molecular approach using 3′-UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38 (1): 108–127. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa191. PMC 7783168. PMID 32781465.
  3. Hackett, Shannon J.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Reddy, Sushma; et al. (2008). "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History". Science. 320 (5884): 1763–68. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1763H. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. PMID 18583609. S2CID 6472805.
Taxon identifiers
Pelecani


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