UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)

URMO taxon details

Pelecaniformes

AphiaID

2684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2684)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Aves

Direct children (5)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Family Fregatidae Garrod, 1874
Family Pelecanidae Pelecanidae
Family Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831
Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850
Family Sulidae Reichenbach, 1849

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

URMO (2025). Pelecaniformes. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2684 on 2025-09-10

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Pelecaniformes. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2684 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

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Sources (1)
Links (1)

basis of record Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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